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Portrait of William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury
John Richardson Jackson (mentioned on object), 1845
The print is after a painting of 1816, when Howley was still bishop of London. It was made towards the end of Howley’s episcopate as archbishop of Canterbury (1828-1848). The engraver is thus guilty of a mild form of historical falsification by presenting Howley as a man in his 50s, while he was then at least 30 years older.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-1897-A-19391
- Dimensionsheight 302 mm x width 232 mm
- Physical characteristicsmezzotint