Richard Tattersall

1787

John Jones after Thomas Beach

Associated Names
John Jones

Artist, British, c. 1747 - 1797

Thomas Beach

Artist After, British, 1738 - 1806

The image shows the upper body of a man known as Mr. Tattersall. He is standing, with one hand on a table and the other holding a wooden cane. His face is calm, with wavy hair under a wide-brimmed hat. He wears 18th-century attire and a book labeled "Stud Book" is on the table. The background includes architectural elements and a cloudy sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 50.5 x 35 cm (19 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 51.8 x 36.1 cm (20 3/8 x 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.118.15

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chaloner Smith 1884, no. 71, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ralph Willett, Merly (his sale, 8 September 1812). Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (Nicholas Stogdon, Oxford); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Painted by Thomas Beach; lower right in plate: Engraved by John Jones.; lower center in plate: MR TATTERSALL. / London, Publish'd as the Act directs, Dcr. 8th 1787, by T Beach, No. 54, Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square.

Wikidata ID

Q76346317

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