Thomas Percy

Art Historical Context

This facsimile print, titled *Thomas Percy* and published in 1794 by the artist Adam, offers a compact yet intimate portrait measuring just 19.4 by 12.5 centimeters. As a facsimile, it reproduces an earlier likeness, preserving the features of its subject for later audiences through the reproductive techniques common in the late eighteenth century. Now part of the Rosenwald Collection at the National Gallery of Art, the work belongs to a tradition of printmaking that made notable figures accessible beyond elite circles. Thomas Percy, the subject, was a prominent clergyman, antiquarian, and li...