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Rev. Richard Greene of Welford-upon-Avon

Description

Profile portrait of Mr Richard Greene; pen-and-ink wash over pencil; mounted in original oval gilt frame; backboard, frame and picture badly affected by woodworm; handwritten in ink on back of wooden mounting board (by Joseph Greene?)

  • Object number

    STRST : SBT 1994-19/281

  • Date

    c. 1780

  • Technique

    drawn

  • Material

    ink wood

  • Measurements

  • Length

    110 mm (unframed)
    140 mm (unframed)
    170 mm (frame)

  • Width

    140 mm (frame)

  • Marks & inscriptions

    A/profile of/Mr. Richard Greene/Surgeon and Apothecary./ Surgeon of the Staffordshire Militia/proprietor of a Museum in the City/of Lichfield/Consisting of many curious and highly valuable Articles/Natural and Artificial./1780 Donum Rai G. ad fratrem/J.G.,

  • Credit line

    CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust