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Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
after Nathaniel Dance, 1735–1811
Title:
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury
Additional Title(s):
Lord Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury
Part Of:

Collective Title: Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres

Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (47 × 36.8 cm), Plate: 14 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (37.9 × 27.8 cm), Image: 13 3/4 × 10 15/16 inches (34.9 × 27.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Vol.2 P.86"; inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Cornwallis"

Lettered, lower left: "Nat:Dance pinxt."; lettered, lower right: "Edw. Fisher sculp. | Price 5 Sh:"; lettered, lower center: "The Honble & Most Reverend Father in GOD, Frederick, by divine Providence, | Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan & c. 1768 AEtat 55."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.9866
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
archbishop | bands (collars) | books | curtain | man | portrait | religious and mythological subject | tippet | wig
Associated People:
Cornwallis, Frederick (1713–1783), Archbishop of Canterbury
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:25528
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