Printing plate
copper plate
Portrait of Sir Thomas Twisden
Object number
LDSAL2022.2.3
Artist/Designer/Maker
Posselwhite, James - Engraver
Smith, Herbert Luther - intermediary draughtsman
Lely, Peter (Sir) - Artist
Smith, Herbert Luther - intermediary draughtsman
Lely, Peter (Sir) - Artist
Production date
1826–1848
1633–1680
1826–1838
1633–1680
1826–1838
Production place
England
Material
copper
Technique
Stipple
Engraving
Engraving
Dimensions
height: 380mm
width: 281mm
width: 281mm
Location
Burlington House - Box A
Content description
Printing plate showing a portrait of Sir Thomas Twisden, three-quarter length, sitting in a chair turned to the right. He is wearing a square hat and fur-trimmed judge's robe and bands, holding a document in his right hand. Traces of a book are still visible on the table on the right. After a picture in Hatton.
With production information below the portrait. Plate maker's stamps on the reverse.
With production information below the portrait. Plate maker's stamps on the reverse.
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Sir Thomas Twisden Bar.t
One of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench
From the original Picture by S.r Peter Lely at Bradbourne
One of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench
From the original Picture by S.r Peter Lely at Bradbourne
Inscription content
Engraved by J. Posselwhite
Inscription content
Drawn by Herbert L. Smith
Inscription content
H[UGH]ES
[P]ETERB[O]C[OURT]
FLEET [ST]
LONDON
[P]ETERB[O]C[OURT]
FLEET [ST]
LONDON
References
Reference (controlled)
Betti, Chiara. “Lost Treasures Resurface: The Untold Story of the Society of Antiquaries’ Printing Plates.” The Antiquaries Journal 104 (2024): 304–42. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581524000179.
Printing plate of a portrait of Sir Thomas Twisden, three-quarter length. With production information below the portrait. Plate maker's stamps on the reverse.
The British Museum holds a proof impression (accession no. 1893,0411.22) without any lettering. The copper plate has two lines of lettering in the lower centre, which was cancelled with a pencil, and production information in the lower left and right.
The plate is listed in a handlist of the woodblocks and copper plates commissioned by Thomas Streatfeild. The handlist was found in one of the Society's drawers with the woodblock. The plate is described as "Portrait of Sir Thomas Twisden, large".
The printing plates and woodblocks commissioned by Streatfeild for his "History of Kent" were donated by Mrs Streatfeild (possibly daughter-in-law) to the Society in 1890 (see Proceedings, May 1st, 1890, p. 149).
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Mr Stephen Wood FSA.
The plate is listed in a handlist of the woodblocks and copper plates commissioned by Thomas Streatfeild. The handlist was found in one of the Society's drawers with the woodblock. The plate is described as "Portrait of Sir Thomas Twisden, large".
The printing plates and woodblocks commissioned by Streatfeild for his "History of Kent" were donated by Mrs Streatfeild (possibly daughter-in-law) to the Society in 1890 (see Proceedings, May 1st, 1890, p. 149).
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Mr Stephen Wood FSA.