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Title: Portrait of George Savile, Marquis of Hallifax
Series/Portfolio: Thomas Birch, The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain
Engraver:
Jacob Houbraken (Dutch, Dordrecht 1698–1780 Amsterdam)
Artist:
After Mary Beale (British, Barrow, Suffolk baptised 1633–1699 London)
Designer:
Ornamental border after Hubert François Gravelot (French, Paris 1699–1773 Paris)
Publisher:
John and Paul Knapton (British, active 1735–89)
Author:
Associated with book by Thomas Birch (British, 1705–1766)
Sitter:
George Savile, 1st Marquis of Halifax (British, 1633–1695)
Date: 1740
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 10 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (27.3 × 23.5 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 10 3/16 in. (41.3 × 25.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Morrison Heckscher, 2013
Accession Number: 2013.965.8
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