FDA-E.1300-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1300-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Samuel Lysons
Title Type
assigned by artist
Other number
SW 3
Description
Content (person)
Lysons, Samuel, c.1763 - 1819 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Feigned oval
Dimensions
height (actual size): 309mm
width (actual size): 250mm
width (actual size): 250mm
Inscription
Lettered 'Samuel Lysons Esq. FRS & FAS Keeper of the Records in the Tower'
Inscription description
Stamped with collector's mark 'GWS'
Materials & techniques note
Thick cartridge paper
Production
Person
Lawrence, Thomas, 1711 - 1783 (Source artist)
Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773 - 1835 (Engraver)
Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773 - 1835 (Publisher)
Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773 - 1835 (Engraver)
Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773 - 1835 (Publisher)
Date
01/06/1804
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• O'Donoghue, F., Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol.III, The British Museum, 1912 (p. 110)
