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Robert Charles Bell

Portrait of Robert Sym,

Maker

  • Robert Charles Bell
  • Henry Raeburn

Title

Portrait of Robert Sym

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving

Techniques

  • engraving

Supports

  • Light weight white tissue paper mounted on heavy weight cream wove paper (chine collĂ©)

Dimensions

42.4 x 34.9 cm (16 11/16 x 13 3/4 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In pencil titled, LR:Robert Sym - W. S. ; inscribed along bottom edge of mount on right:F9807
Verso:in blue pencil, on bottom edge of sheet on left:1801In Plate--Inscribed, LL:Sir H.

Marks: Stamped in brown in on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

35.270X

Portrait of Robert Sym

In pencil titled, LR:Robert Sym - W. S. ; inscribed along bottom edge of mount on right:F9807
Verso:in blue pencil, on bottom edge of sheet on left:1801In Plate--Inscribed, LL:Sir H.

Marks: Stamped in brown in on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle

Henry Raeburn

Portrait of Robert Sym
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