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Engraving - Portrait of William Sharp (1749-1824)
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Basic Information | Accession Number: | 1913V238 |
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Collection: | Topographical Views |
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Maker Information | After: | H T Munns - View biography for H T Munns |
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Engraver: | J Stephenson - View biography for J Stephenson |
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Notes | This engraving of William Sharp was produced by J. Stephenson after a painting by H T Munns (1832-1898). Munns was a Birmingham portrait painter who exhibited at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists on a regular basis.William Sharp lived at Endwood Court, Handsworth and besides serving as a local magistrate, was for many years on the governing body of the Birmingham General Hospital. The painting by Munns was paid for by subscribers as a fitting tribute to Sharp for his services to the Committee of the General Hospital, and a newspaper report of 1874 stated that 'the portrait is an extremely faithful one, the expression being one of concentrated attention'.William Sharp died in 1881 in his sixty-eighth year. | Presented by G Harry Wallis, 1913. |
Further Information | Production Period: | 19th century |
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School/Style: | Portrait |
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Medium: | Engraving on paper. |
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Material(s): | Printed paper |
Associated People | | Associated Places | | Dimensions | Height: | 442 mm |
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Width: | 343 mm |
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