Pope Pius VII

Samuel Cousins British

After Sir Thomas Lawrence British

Sitter Pope Pius VII

1828

Not on view

Engraving after a portrait that Lawrence painted in Rome in 1818, commissioned by the Prince Regent.

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Title: Pope Pius VII
Artist: Samuel Cousins (British, Exeter 1801–1887 London)
Artist: After Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, Bristol 1769–1830 London)
Sitter: Pope Pius VII (Italian, 1742-1823)
Date: 1828
Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions: plate approx.: 31 1/8 x 20 1/4 in. (79 x 51.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Object Number: 24.63.1888
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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