Jump to content

File:Lieutenant General William Thornton (1763-1841) by Charles Turner, after Madame Varillat (cropped).jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file ‎(6,407 × 8,270 pixels, file size: 10.74 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Artist
Charles Turner  (1774–1857)  wikidata:Q5083052
 
Charles Turner
Description English engraver and drawer
Date of birth/death 31 August 1774 Edit this at Wikidata 1 August 1857 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Woodstock Warren Street
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q5083052
After Adèle Varillat  (1769–1861)  wikidata:Q96747022
 
After Adèle Varillat
Description French painter
Date of birth/death 22 March 1769 Edit this at Wikidata 1 December 1861 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Fontaine-Française 8th arrondissement of Paris
Work period 1795 Edit this at Wikidata–1836 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Paris (1795–1814); London (1816–1820); Paris (1833) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q96747022
Description
Français : Le lieutenant général William Thornton (1763-1841), mezzotinte en couleur de Charles Turner, d'après un portrait de Madame Varillat, 1818
English: Lieutenant General William Thornton: First elected Representative in Parliament for New Woodstock 5th Oct. 1812

Color mezzotint by Charles Turner after Mme. Varrilat (née Tornézy), published Decr. 1818; 3/4-length portrait in uniform, hat under arm, pointing to book and document on table at right. 41.9 x 58.5 cm

Portrait, three-quarter length; standing, directed to right, facing front; dressed in uniform; holding a plumed hat under his left arm, and hilt of sword with his left hand; pointing at an open book on a table with the index finger of his right hand, containing image of coat of arms, and lettering "An Act to abolish the Punishment of public whipping of female offenders 7th July 1817.", and "Speech of [Lieutena] nt General Thornton His Motion in [the Ho] use of Commons 7th of May 1818 Declarations"; books to left lettered in scraped letters "Campaigns Flanders Holland Germany", "Edmund Burke", and "Hawkins Browne"; curtain behind; coats of arms below image; after Madame Varillat. 1818

About William Thornton, see History of Parliament
Date 29 December 1818
date QS:P571,+1818-12-29T00:00:00Z/11
Source/Photographer https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:238657/
Other versions
image extraction process
This file has been extracted from another file
: Lieutenant General William Thornton (1763-1841) by Charles Turner, after Madame Varillat.jpg
original file

Licensing

Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

William Thornton

media type

image/jpeg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current02:17, 18 July 2020Thumbnail for version as of 02:17, 18 July 20206,407 × 8,270 (10.74 MB)BeatrixBelibasteFile:Lieutenant General William Thornton (1763-1841) by Charles Turner, after Madame Varillat.jpg cropped 15 % horizontally, 21 % vertically using CropTool with precise mode.
No pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed).

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lieutenant_General_William_Thornton_(1763-1841)_by_Charles_Turner,_after_Madame_Varillat_(cropped).jpg"