Mezzotint with the portrait of Thomas Spring Rice, first Baron Monteagle of Brandon and Chancellor of the Exchequer, seated with a document in his hand. Drawn and engraved by John Linnell and published by him in 1836.
Mezzotint with the portrait of Thomas Spring Rice, first Baron Monteagle of Brandon and Chancellor of the Exchequer, seated with a document in his hand. Drawn and engraved by John Linnell and published by him in 1836.
John Linnell (1792-1882), English portraitist and landscape painter, friend and patron of William Blake, was one of the few artists of his day who engraved his own portraits in mezzotint himself.
Medium: Mezzotint
Artist / after: John Linnell (1792-1882)
Engraver: John Linnell
Date: 1836
Dimensions: Plate mark 14.0 x 18.7 in (35.5 x 47.5 cm)
Condition: The image is well preserved; in the margins there are signs of having been taped to a mat, and damp staining at the upper corners.