Richard Tompson

c. 1680

Francis Place after Gerard Soest

Associated Names
Francis Place

Artist, British, 1647 - 1728

Gerard Soest

Artist After, Dutch, c. 1601/1602 - 1681

The image shows a man's upper body, focusing on his head and shoulders. The man's head is slightly turned with his gaze towards the viewer. He has strong facial features, long wavy hair, and wears dark formal clothing with a high collar. The background is plain and dark, and there are inscriptions below the portrait.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.2 x 20.9 cm (10 5/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 28.5 x 23 cm (11 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.118.39

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Smith 1884, no. 13, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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 center in plate: Richard Thompson / P. Tempest excudib.; lower left in plate: G. Soust pinxit; lower right in plate: F. Place fecit; by later hand, upper center in ink: N. 18 / N. 18

Wikidata ID

Q76339965

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