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Sir Richard Perryn

Gainsborough Dupont

n.d.

Sir Richard Perryn by Gainsborough Dupont

Medium

Mezzotint on paper

Dimensions

48.5 × 34.3 cm (19 1/8 × 13 9/16 in.)

Classification

mezzotint

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

72189

Art Historical Context

**Sir Richard Perryn** is a striking mezzotint portrait by Gainsborough Dupont, an 18th-century English artist and nephew of the renowned painter Thomas Gainsborough. Created around the late 1700s (date not specified), this undated print captures the dignified likeness of Sir Richard Perryn, a prominent Welsh judge who served as Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Dupont, trained in his uncle's studio, excelled in translating painterly portraits into prints, making high-quality reproductions accessible to a wider audience beyond oil paintings. Mezzotint, the chosen medium, is a masterful intaglio t...

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