FDA-E.1118-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1118-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
The Dilettanti Society
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Printed black and white image showing a group of men seated around a table, an open book, bottles and glasses in the foreground
Comments
The sitters are: Sir W.W. Wynne, Sir J. Taylor, Mr Payne Galway, Sir William Hamilton, Mr Richard Thompson, Mr Stanhope, Mr Smith of Heath
Two original mezzotint engraved copper plates of two group portraits of the Dilettanti Society by Sir Joshua Reynolds were discovered by Edward Bayntun-Coward, an antiquarian bookseller, in a cache of other plates in the basement of his family bookshop in Bath. Bought by the Dilettanti Society, and impressions made for its members by the workshop of Thomas Ross & Co in Binfield, Berkshire in 2013.
Two original mezzotint engraved copper plates of two group portraits of the Dilettanti Society by Sir Joshua Reynolds were discovered by Edward Bayntun-Coward, an antiquarian bookseller, in a cache of other plates in the basement of his family bookshop in Bath. Bought by the Dilettanti Society, and impressions made for its members by the workshop of Thomas Ross & Co in Binfield, Berkshire in 2013.
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 893mm
width (frame): 710mm
depth (frame): 24mm
height (actual size): 578mm
width (actual size): 411mm
width (frame): 710mm
depth (frame): 24mm
height (actual size): 578mm
width (actual size): 411mm
Edition number
Edition no.11
Production
Person
Date
21st century
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: One of two plates published by the Dilettanti Society in 2013; from whom acquired by Provost Waldegrave (with FDA-E.1118-2014); by whom presented to Eton College in January 2014
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