Image

45.113.87.jpg

William Sharp

Portrait of Matthew Boulton,

Description

Maker

Title

Portrait of Matthew Boulton

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

61 x 46.5 cm (24 x 18 5/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Recto: inscribed below image in pencil, LL: "Mar: 5 1807 // Mar 2. 1807"; below platemark: "Sir William Beechey pinx."; "Matthew Boulton"; "Wm (m superscribed and underscored) Sharp sc."; and numbered in pencil, LL: "130"

Stamped below image with blindstamp of William Benoni White (Lugt 2592)

Verso: inscribed in pencil, LR: "Companion proof"

Marks: S. Woodburn collector's blindstamp in LR on recto: W(Lugt) Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./ MUSEUM/OF ART surrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLAND all inscribed in a circle

Type

Credit

Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith

Object Number

45.113.87

About

Portrait of Matthew Boulton

Recto: inscribed below image in pencil, LL: "Mar: 5 1807 // Mar 2. 1807"; below platemark: "Sir William Beechey pinx."; "Matthew Boulton"; "Wm (m superscribed and underscored) Sharp sc."; and numbered in pencil, LL: "130"

Stamped below image with blindstamp of William Benoni White (Lugt 2592)

Verso: inscribed in pencil, LR: "Companion proof"

Marks: S. Woodburn collector's blindstamp in LR on recto: W(Lugt) Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./ MUSEUM/OF ART surrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLAND all inscribed in a circle

Use

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