FDA-E.15-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.15-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Joshua Sharpe
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
2nd state
Other number
STO 169
Description
Content (person)
Sharpe, Joshua, ? - 1786 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 498mm
width (actual size): 354mm
width (actual size): 354mm
Inscription
Lettered 'Mr. Jos. Sharpe. From a Picture in the Possession of Vice Admiral Sr. Edm. Hughes. K.B. to whom this plate is Dedicated by his most obedient Servant, Charles Howard Hodges.'
Materials & techniques note
Mezzotint
Physical description
Cut to size
Production
Person
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723 - 1792 (Source artist)
Hodges, Charles Howard, c.1764 - 1837 (Engraver)
Smith, John Raphael, 1751 - 1812 (Publisher)
Hodges, Charles Howard, c.1764 - 1837 (Engraver)
Smith, John Raphael, 1751 - 1812 (Publisher)
Date
18/01/1786
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. 63)
