Name: Antique Master Print-PERCY-THOMAS-BISHOP-PORTRAIT-Dickinson-Reynolds-1775
SKU: PICTURA-11767
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Antique Master Print-PERCY-THOMAS-BISHOP-PORTRAIT-Dickinson-Reynolds-1775

€275.00

‘THOMAS PERCY S.T.P. DECANUS CARLIOLENSIS 1778.’

– Portrait of Thomas Percy, editor and bishop, holding a volume marked ‘MSS.’. Thomas Percy (1729-1811) was an Irish churchman, bishop of Dromore, scholar and antiquary, best known for his Reliques of Ancient English Poetry.

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Description

Medium: Mezzotint engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 34.6 x 49.2 cm (13.62 x 19.37 inch). Image size: 29 x 38.3 cm. (11.42 x 15.08 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light creasing incl. a large diagonal crease at bottom left. Light dampstaining at top right. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

THOMAS PERCY, BISHOP, MANUSCRIPT, POETRY, 18TH CENTURY, REYNOLDS, DICKINSON | PCO-B3-21

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Reference: NPG D39455.

Biography engraver: William Dickinson (1746-1823) was a prominent English mezzotint engraver and publisher active in London during the late 18th century.

Biography artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) was one of the most influential English portrait painters and the first president of the Royal Academy.