Portrait of Mr. Jacob Tonson
The sitter holds a large leather bound book to point to his profession. Tonson is best known as a publisher of Shakespeare's plays, acquiring the copyright from the heirs of the publisher of the Fourth Folio. He also was a founding member and secretary of the Kit-Kat Club, building a room to accomodate their meetings in his house at Barn Elms, in Barnes, west of London along the Thames.
Artwork Details
- Title: Portrait of Mr. Jacob Tonson
- Engraver: John Faber, the Younger (British, ca. 1695–1756)
- Artist: After Sir Godfrey Kneller (German, Lübeck 1646–1723 London)
- Sitter: Jacob Tonson, the Elder (British, London 1655–1736 Barn Elms, Surrey)
- Date: 1733
- Medium: Mezzotint
- Dimensions: Sheet: 14 9/16 × 10 5/8 in. (37 × 27 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.756-1242
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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