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William Sharp, engraver

Portrait of Matthew Boulton, 1801

Description

Maker

  • William Sharp, 1749-1824, British, engraver
  • Sir William Beechey, 1753-1839, English, designer

Title

Portrait of Matthew Boulton

Year

1801

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving

Supports

  • Light weight cream Oriental wove paper mounted on heavy weight cream laid paper

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"

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

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

Object Number

45.113.87

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Portrait of Matthew Boulton with the accession number of 45.113.87. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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