The Right Honorable Henry Fox, Esr.
Medium
Mezzotint
Dimensions
plate: 13 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (35.3 x 25 cm) sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Susan Schulman Printseller and Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints, 2009
Accession Number
2009.468.21
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
James McArdell|Jean Etienne Liotard|Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland · 1729–1765
**James MacArdell** (c. 1729 – 2 June 1765) was an Irish mezzotint engraver renowned for his masterful portraits of prominent figures in 18th-century Britain and Ireland. Born in Cow Lane (later Greek Street) in Dublin’s St Michan’s Parish, he trained under the engraver John Brooks. When Brooks relocated to London in 1746, MacArdell followed along with fellow pupils including Charles Spooner, esta...