FDA-E.1153-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1153-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
James Beattie LLD
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Between 1st and 2nd states
Other number
STO 371
Description
Content (person)
Beattie, James, 1735 - 1803 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 402mm
width (actual size): 353mm
width (actual size): 353mm
Inscription
Lettered 'O Magna Vis Veratatis, quae Lontra hominum ingenia, Callidatem, Soletiam, contraque fictas omnium Insidias, facile se, per ipse defendat! -Cicero'
Physical description
Cut to size
Production
Person
Watson, James, 1739/40 - 1790 (Engraver)
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723 - 1792 (Source artist)
Boydell, John, 1719 - 1804 (Publisher)
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723 - 1792 (Source artist)
Boydell, John, 1719 - 1804 (Publisher)
Date
24/08/1775
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Hamilton, E., A Catalogue Raisonne of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., from 1755 to 1822, London: P&D Colnaghi and Co., 1884 (p. 7)
