Portrait of Matthew Boulton
Date
1803
Sitter
Matthew Boulton (1728 - 1809, British) , Manufacturer
Creator
K Mackenzie, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 128mm
width (print): 128mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Matthew Boulton, seated, with the Soho manufactory revealed behind, a curtain above and behind the sitter. Boulton’s right hand is visible [shown holding a magnifying glass in the original oil painting]. Presented in an oval.
Illustration [plate not numbered] for the article ‘Biographical account of Matthew Boulton, Esq.’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.15, (1803), pp.59-63.
Inscribed below, ‘Matthew Boulton Esq. C.F. de Breda R.A. of Stockholm, pinxt. K. Mackenzie sculp. Published by A. Tilloch March. 1 1803.’.
Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), British manufacturer and entrepreneur, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1785.
Illustration [plate not numbered] for the article ‘Biographical account of Matthew Boulton, Esq.’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.15, (1803), pp.59-63.
Inscribed below, ‘Matthew Boulton Esq. C.F. de Breda R.A. of Stockholm, pinxt. K. Mackenzie sculp. Published by A. Tilloch March. 1 1803.’.
Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), British manufacturer and entrepreneur, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1785.
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