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Portrait of William Chambers

Maker

Francis Coates (artist)
1726-1770

(engraver)
1721-1775

(publisher)
1721-1775

Title

Portrait of William Chambers

Date of Production

1772

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 38 cm
Width: 27.5 cm

Accession Number

G.2000.XX.6

Mode of Acquisition

Michael Finney Books and Prints, purchase, 2000

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Chambers
William (Sir)



Provenance

Previous owner : Michael Finney Books and Prints

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : : printed : lower margin & recto : : Francs Cotes pinx Richd Houston fecit (?) Sold by R Houston No 12 Furnivils Inn Court Holborn According to Act 21 of Nov 1772

Label: Richard Houston after Francis Cotes. Sir. W. Chambers. (William Chambers Esq R.A. Comptroller of His Majesty's Works &c. &c.). London, R. Houston June 1st 1772. Mezzotint, scratch proof before titles, title written in ink in a contemporary hand. 380x275mm. Trimmed to border and remargined, neat repari in title area. £130

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