William Markham, Archbishop of York
James Hopwood (c.1752-1819)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1807
Materials
Paper
Measurements
8 ins (h)4.625 ins (w)
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Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1274645
Summary
Engraving of William Markham (1719-1807) Archbishop of York, by James Hopwood (c.1752-1819), (after Sir Joshua Reynolds). Oval portrait, half-length, turning towards the viewer, in wig and white surplice. Framed in black wood, glazed. Below the portrait (in italic script) "Hopwood sculpt." /William Markham /Archbishop of York/ Published by H.D. Symonds. Decr 1.1807" At bottom in pencil in Bernard Shaw's handwriting "Sister of above the mother of Great Grand-father Robert Shaw (Dublin) (Father of 1st. Bart)". Shaw’s assumption here is incorrect: A.M. Gibbs has shown that Archbishop Markham was not related to the Shaw family (Gibbs, A Bernard Shaw Chronology, p.16).
Provenance
The Shaw Collection. The house and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust by George Bernard Shaw in 1950, together with Shaw's photographic archive.
Marks and inscriptions
Below the portrait (in italic scipt) "Hopwood sculpt." /William Markham LLD./Archbishop of York/ Published by H.D. Symonds. Decr 1.1807" At bottom in pencil in Shaw's handwriting "Sister of above the mother of Great Grand-father Robert Shaw (Dublin) (Father of 1st. Bart.)"
Makers and roles
James Hopwood (c.1752-1819), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist