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Printing plate
copper plate Portrait of William Pennicott

Object number

LDSAL2022.2.35

Artist/Designer/Maker

Reynolds, Samuel William I - Engraver
Lawrence, Thomas PRA FRS (Sir) - after

Production date

1799–1838

Material

copper

Technique

Mezzotint
drypoint

Dimensions

height: 307mm
width: 209mm

Location

Burlington House -

Content description

Printing plate portraying Reverend William Pennicott.

Inscriptions

Inscription content

REV.D WILLIAM PENNICOTT.
Engraved by S. W. Reynolds.
From the original painting by Tho. Lawrence Esq.re R.A.
in the possession of the Rev.d T Streatfeild

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 portraying Reverend William Pennicott.
    This plate was made after the original portrait painting by Thomas Lawrence in the collection of Thomas Streatfeild. In his early life, Streatfeild was curate to Reverend Pennicott, and he wrote and published the funeral sermon for the late Reverend.

    A cancelled plate depicting the same subject can be found in the Society's collections (LDSAL2022.2.36).

    This plate is listed in a handlist of the woodblocks and copper plates commissioned by Thomas Streatfeild found in one drawer at the Society of Antiquaries. In the list, the plate is described as "not a Kent print", as Streatfeild's planned publication was meant to be about that county.

    The printing plates and woodblocks commissioned by Streatfeild for his "History of Kent" were donated by Mrs Streatfeild (daughter-in-law) to the Society in 1890 (see Proceedings, May 1st, 1890, p. 149).

    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Mr Peter Hammond FSA.