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The Right Honorable Charles Lord Viscount Townshend

Engraver John Simon French
After Sir Godfrey Kneller German
Sitter Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend British

1700–25 (?)

Not on view

This bust-lenth portrait in an oval frame derives from a painting by Kneller. The sitter was eldest son of Sir Horatio Townshend, 3rd baronet (1630-1687) and a Whig politician who served as Secretary of State.

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Title: The Right Honorable Charles Lord Viscount Townshend

Engraver: John Simon (French, Normandy ca. 1675–1751 London)

Artist: After Sir Godfrey Kneller (German, Lübeck 1646–1723 London)

Sitter: Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (British, 1674–1738)

Date: 1700–25 (?)

Medium: Mezzotint

Dimensions: sheet: 13 15/16 x 9 13/16 in. (35.4 x 25 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925

Accession Number: 25.62.24r(b)

Chronology

France, 1600-1800 A.D.

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