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Science Museum Group Collection
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Painting. [John Baskerville 1706-1775] / Artist attributed, either as Exteth, or as copyist [possibly Alexander Craig], nd. [c1856?]. - Oil on canvas; 76 x 63.5 cm in gilt frame 93x80.5x8.5cm. - After the oil of 1774 by James Millar (fl. 1771-1790) in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. - Inscription on r. edge of frame: EXTETH Pupil of Hogarth. - Portrait, HL.
This portrait formed part of the Bennet Woodcroft Bequest, which was among the founding collections of the Science Museum. Woodcroft had developed a 'National Gallery of Portraits of Inventors, Discoverers and Introducers of the Useful Arts’ combining gifts, loans and purchases of portraits, while acting as the first curator of the Patent Museum.
Details
- Category:
- Art
- Object Number:
- 1903-233
- Materials:
- oil paint on canvas
- Measurements:
-
overall: 930 mm x 810 mm x 90 mm,
frame: 930 mm x 805 mm x 85 mm,
image: 760 mm x 635 mm
- type:
- oil painting and portrait
- credit:
- Woodcroft Collection
