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Printing plate
copper plate Portrait of William Pennicott

Object number

LDSAL2022.2.36

Artist/Designer/Maker

Reynolds, Samuel William I - Engraver

Production date

1799–1838

Material

copper

Technique

Mezzotint

Dimensions

height: 382mm
width: 280mm

Location

Burlington House - RUB E

Content description

Printing plate portraying Reverend William Pennicott; cancelled. With copper plate maker's stamp on the reverse.

Inscriptions

Inscription content

B. WHITTOW & SON
N. [?] SHOE LANE
HOLBORN LONDON

Inscription content

118

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; cancelled; with copper plate maker's stamp on reverse.
    This portrait is the same as LDSAL2022.2.35.

    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 "cancelled" and "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 Dr Paul Fox FSA.