The Rt Hon. Charles Townshend, PC (1725-1767) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds)
John Dixon (Dublin c.1740 - London 1811)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1750 - 1811
Materials
Paper, Ink
Measurements
390 x 270 mm
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 353612
Summary
Mezzotint. The Rt Hon. Charles Townshend, PC (1725-1767) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) by John Dixon (Dublin c.1740 – London 1811). Printed on the bottom of the picture. 'J Reynolds pinxit. J Dixon fecit'. Oval bust. Black and gilt frame, mounted and glazed.
Provenance
Part of the Courtauld-Thomson bequest of 1943, and transferred from Dorneywood via Queen Anne's Gate to Blickling Hall in 1989.
Makers and roles
John Dixon (Dublin c.1740 - London 1811), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist