Portret van Pasquale Paoli, Richard Houston, after Pietro Gherardi, 1769

Title(s)

Portret van Pasquale Paoli

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-32.053

Catalogue reference

• LeBlanc 73
• Chaloner Smith 84

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Richard Houston (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Pietro Gherardi (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Matthew Darly (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Robert Sayer (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1769

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 502 mm × width 352 mm

What

• historical persons
• commander-in-chief, general, marshal

Who

• Pasquale Paoli

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• English mezzotint portraits and their states from the invention of mezzotinting until the early part of the 19th century, dl. 2, p. 158, cat.nr. 84
• British mezzotints portraits : being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century, dl. 2, p. 676, cat.nr. 84
• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations : ouvrage destiné à faire suite au Manuel du libraire par J.Ch. Brunet, dl. 2, p. 397, cat.nr. 73
• The true likeness of a true patriot: Susanne Caron’s portrait of Pascal Paoli, Kees van Strien, Lieke van Deinsen