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Description: | Monochrome photograph of the mezzotint NCM 1893-60 in window-mount. Portrait of Thomas Hancock, Engineer to the Nottingham Water Company, 1782-1805. Full face head and shoulders portrait of a man aged about forty. "Thomas Hancock, Engineer for the Nottingham Water Company 1782-November 11 1805, and was intimately connected with the water supply of the town. The company was formed in 1696, and one Peter Whalley was the first Engineer. Engraved in Mezzotint by G. Clint after the painting by Richard Bonington father of Richard Parkes Bonington)." [display label]
See also the mezzotint, coloured in pastel, by George Clint NCM 1927-2, which is a copy of the original of the print., Thomas Hancock of Brewhouse Yard an extraparochial place adjoining to this parish & Ann Gamble, p. St Werburgh, Town of Derby, lic. 07 Nov 1787 at St Nicholas Nottingham. Information from vol. 7; Notts CD,
Accession number: NAS 10196 | Subjects: | portraits | Temporal: | 1782-1805? | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | by Clint/George after Bonington/Richard | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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