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James Watson, 1740–1790, British, Right Honourable Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1769
- Title:
Right Honourable Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet, Speaker of the House of Commons
- Date:
- 1769
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 24 3/16 × 15 1/16 inches (61.4 × 38.3 cm), Image: 22 7/8 × 15 inches (58.1 × 38.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "48"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered, lower center: "J.Boydell excudit 1769. | The Right Honorable Sir John Cust Bart | SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, | And One of His Majesty's most Honorable Privy Council. | Published Jan:1s.1769 by Jn Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London."; lettered, lower left: "J. Reynolds pinxit."; lettered, lower right: J.Watson fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12946
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Associated People:
- Cust, Sir John, third baronet (1718–1770), speaker of the House of Commons
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38637
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