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Portrait of the architect James 'Athenian' Stuart
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William Camden Edwards (1777 - 1855)
After Samuel Provan
Artist's name given as Proven on the engraving. NPG Catalogue Mid Georgian Portraits 1760-1790 records that Provan was active in Rome in 1748 citing J. Ingamells, Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800, compiled from the Brinsley Ford Archive, 1997. p 789.
After Samuel Provan
Artist's name given as Proven on the engraving. NPG Catalogue Mid Georgian Portraits 1760-1790 records that Provan was active in Rome in 1748 citing J. Ingamells, Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800, compiled from the Brinsley Ford Archive, 1997. p 789.
Portrait of the architect James 'Athenian' Stuart
1827
Line engraving
Inscription: Lettered with title, JAMES STUART, FRS & FSA; production detail Proven pinxt Rome / W.C. Edwards sculpt and From a Picture in the possession of Richard Brettingham Esqr., Shotford Hall, Norfolk and a dedication to John Soane: Dedicated (By Permission) to John Soane Esq.r / Architect to the Bank of England / Professor of Architecture in the Royal Academy, FRS, FSA / Member of the Academies for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture / in Parma and Florence.
Museum number: P441
Not on display
Associated items
X1232, related material
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