William Mason
(1725-1797), Poet and divine; friend and biographer of Thomas GrayMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 10 portraits
Artist associated with 9 portraits
Poet. Biographer of Thomas Gray and author of 'The English Garden', 1777-81, a poem on landscape gardening and the picturesque.
Unknown man, formerly known as William Mason
attributed to John Plott
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, circa 1760
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by William Doughty
oil on canvas, 1778
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William Mason (design for Mason's monument in Westminster Abbey)
by John Bacon the Elder
pen and pencil, circa 1797
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by Charles Carter, after Lewis Vaslet
etching, 1771
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by and published by William Doughty, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 25 November 1779 (1774)
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by and published by William Doughty, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 25 November 1779 (1774)
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by Edward Scriven, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Jackson, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple engraving, published 6 February 1813 (1774)
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by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1820 (1774)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Hodgson & Graves, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1837 (1774)
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