Thomas Kerrich
(1748-1828), Cambridge University Librarian, antiquary and draughtsmanSitter in 2 portraits
Artist associated with 10 portraits
Kerrich, the cleric and antiquary was a talented draughtsman who had his childhood drawings approved by William Hogarth. Kerrich won a travelling scholarship to Italy where he drew perhaps under the influence of Fuseli or artists in his circle. Later in life he wrote on gothic architecture, produced illustrations for Gough's Sepulchral Monuments and became one of the earliest lithographers. He left his fine collection of early royal portraits to the Society of Antiquaries and his other collections passed to the British Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University where he had been a librarian.
by Thomas Kerrich
chalk, 1774
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by Johann Gottlieb Facius, or by Georg Siegmund Facius, after Thomas Kerrich
stipple engraving, late 18th century
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by Georg Siegmund Facius, after Thomas Kerrich
stipple engraving, circa 1775-1800
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by Walter Gee, after Thomas Kerrich
chalk, 1798
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by Thomas Kerrich
stipple engraving, 1800
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by Georg Siegmund Facius, published by William Richardson, after Thomas Kerrich, after Unknown artist
stipple and line engraving, published 1 August 1803
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by Georg Siegmund Facius, published by William Richardson, after Thomas Kerrich
stipple engraving, published 1 August 1803
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by Johann Gottlieb Facius, after Thomas Kerrich
stipple engraving, 1804
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by and published by Johann Gottlieb Facius, by and published by Georg Siegmund Facius, after Thomas Kerrich
stipple engraving, published 22 April 1811
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by and published by Charles Turner, after Thomas Kerrich
mezzotint, published 12 April 1818
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