Sir Francis Burdett
William Sharp, English, 1749 - 1824
after James Northcote, English, 1746 - 1831
1811
Engraving on wove paper
Plate: 18 5/8 × 14 in. (47.3 × 35.6 cm)
Sheet: 20 5/8 × 15 in. (52.4 × 38.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift in memory of Mrs. Harvey Fisk by her children
PR.974.488
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: James Northcote R.A. pinx.t; lower right: William Sharp sculp.t; center: Engraved from a Picture painted during his imprisonment in the Tower/and Published by W.m Sharp, 27, London Street, Fitzroy Square, Feb. 14, 1811. / SIR FRANCIS BURDETT BAR.T; lower right: William Sharp sculp.t
Provenance
Elizabeth Richmond Fisk (1885-1966) [Mrs. Harvey Edward Fisk], Woodstock, Vermont; to her children, Elizabeth Fisk Tyler (1912-1978), Margaretta Fisk Paine (1915-1952); Ursula Fisk Clough (1917-1989), and Anne Fisk Howe (1921-2001), 1966; given to present collection, 1974.
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