- Title:
- Visiting card of Lord Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam (1745-1816)
- Object name(s):
- printing matrix; printing plate
- Brief description:
- Small copper plate, probably for a visiting card relating to Lord Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam (1745-1816), engraved on the recto: 'Mr Fitzwilliam / St James's Square', within a simple engraved floral border. On the verso, punched initials 'B.W.' below a crown (part burnished or worn away), the mark of copper plate manufacturer, Benjamin Whittow (active 1750, d.1805)
- Collection:
- Fitzwilliam Museum
- Acquisition method:
- unknown
- Acquisition source:
- Unknown
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 47
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 65
- Material:
- copper
- Object name:
- printing matrix; printing plate
- Object number:
- P.15135-R
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1750
- Date - latest:
- 1776
- Date - period:
- 18th Century
- Object production note:
- This plate presumably relates to Lord Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam (1745-1816) prior to his inheritance of his father's title in 1776. Fitzwilliam's grandfather, Sir Matthew Decker occupied no. 8, St James's Square from 1721 until his death in 1749 after which his widow, Catherine Decker, continued to occupy the house until 1759.
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- printmaker
- Object production person:
- Whittow, Benjamin
- Person's association:
- manufacturer
- Other number:
- P.15135-R
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 317469
- Other number type:
- priref
- Other number:
- https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/317469
- Other number type:
- uri
- Responsible department/section:
- Paintings, Drawings and Prints
- Style:
- British
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3403fd95-5139-3b68-aaca-4d0b30252363
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3403fd95-5139-3b68-aaca-4d0b30252363, Fitzwilliam Museum, CC 0
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