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Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British, Thomas Pownall, Esq., Member of Parliament, 1777
- Title:
Thomas Pownall, Esq., Member of Parliament
- Date:
- 1777
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 1/8 x 15 11/16 inches (53.7 x 39.9 cm), Plate: 15 9/16 x 11 inches (39.6 x 27.9 cm), Image: 14 1/4 x 11 inches (36.2 x 27.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Gov. Mars(?). 1757-60"; on back, upper left: "a [two symbols] | ? EL"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Cotes pinxit."; lower center: "THOMAS POWNALL Esqr. MEMBER of PARLIAMENT, | Late Governor Captain General and Commander in Chief; and Vice Admiral | of HIS MAJESTY'S Provinces Massachusetts Bay & South Carolina; & Lieutt. GOVERNOR of New Jersey. | LONDON, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street; as the Act directs, 5th. June, 1777."; lower right: "Earlom fecit"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.1246
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- artist | chair | coat | coat of arms | collar | costume | cravat | crest | embroidery | heraldic motif | lace | man | nobility | oval | portrait | tricorne | wig
- Associated People:
- Pownall, Thomas (1722–1805), colonial governor and politician
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:49969
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