John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish, The Right Honorable Charles Townsend, Esquire, Late Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1770
- Title:
- The Right Honorable Charles Townsend, Esquire, Late Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Date:
- 1770
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 9/16 × 10 7/8 inches (39.5 × 27.7 cm), Image: 14 5/16 × 10 7/8 inches (36.3 × 27.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark: Paul Mellon
Lettered, lower left: "S,,r Jos,, Reynolds pinx"; lower center: "The Right Hon,,ble Charles Townshend Esq.r late Chancellor of the Exchequer, and One of | HIS MAJESTY'S Most Hob,,ble PRIVY COUNCIL. &c. | Publish'd as the Act directs Dec. the 21, 1770 by the Proprietor W.m Wynn Ryland Engraver to His Majesty in Cornhill"; lower right: "Dixon Fecit~"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12845
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- chancellor | cravat | curls | exchequer | gaze | man | nobleman | oval | portrait | posing | robes | solemn | wig
- Associated People:
- Townshend, Charles (1725–1767), politician
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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