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Summary

English: William Canynges.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
J. Jehner.
Title
English: William Canynges.
Description
English: A mezzotint of William II Canynges (c. 1399–1474), in clerical robes. Originally an English merchant and shipper from Bristol who one of the wealthiest private citizens of his day, Canynges took up clerical orders following the death of his wife Joan Burton in September 1467.
Date 1787
date QS:P571,+1787-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium mezzotint print on paper.
Dimensions plate: height: 9.8 in (25 cm); width: 7.6 in (19.3 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,9.875U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,7.625U218593
.
institution QS:P195,Q238587
Current location
Reference Collection.
London, England, United Kingdom.
Accession number
NPG D24072.
Object history
  • 1931: Gift of Mary Elizabeth Stopford, daughter of compiler William Fleming MD.
Inscriptions below portrait: "J. Jehner fecit [made this] 1787"; caption: "WILLIAM CANYNGE, / Rebuilder of St. Mary Redcliff's Church; / Five times Mayor of Briſtol, &c. &c."; below caption (partly illegible due to the text size of the image on the source website): "See the Poems attributed by Chatterton / to the [...]-Rowley, [...] / proof of their [...], &c. &c. / Published by [...], Lincoln's Inn Fields".
References [1].
Source/Photographer

National Portrait Gallery: NPG D24072

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  • 2011-10-02 19:18 Lobsterthermidor 158×206× (6048 bytes) William II Canynges(d.1474) by J. Jehner. Mezzotint, 1787 9 7/8 in. x 7 5/8 in. (252 mm x 194 mm) plate size National Portrait Gallery, NPG D24072

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