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1796 Engraved Portrait of Matthew Boulton
Reynolds, S.W., after C.F. von Breda. MATTHEW BOULTON, ESQR. Published March 1, 1796, by S.W. Reynolds, Fetter Lane, London. Print matted to 34 by 24.5 cm within an older (not contemporary, and with modern backing) wooden frame measuring 57 by 46.5 cm. Near fine. A particularly fine portrait of Boulton. Carl Frederik von Breda (1759–1818) painted both Matthew Boulton and James Watt in 1792, when the artist visited Birmingham. The National Portrait Gallery now owns the James Watt portrait, while the Boulton portrait is in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. It is featured on the jacket of Richard Doty's The Soho Mint and the Industrialization of Money.
Reynolds, S.W., after C.F. von Breda. MATTHEW BOULTON, ESQR. Published March 1, 1796, by S.W. Reynolds, Fetter Lane, London. Print matted to 34 by 24.5 cm within an older (not contemporary, and with modern backing) wooden frame measuring 57 by 46.5 cm. Near fine. A particularly fine portrait of Boulton. Carl Frederik von Breda (1759–1818) painted both Matthew Boulton and James Watt in 1792, when the artist visited Birmingham. The National Portrait Gallery now owns the James Watt portrait, while the Boulton portrait is in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. It is featured on the jacket of Richard Doty's The Soho Mint and the Industrialization of Money.