File:General William Fyers (John Hoppner).jpg

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English: Colonel Fyers, Royal Engineers.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Henry Hoppner Meyer  (1780–1847)  wikidata:Q12061751
 
Alternative names
Henry Meyer; H. Meyer; Meyer
Description British painter and engraver
Date of birth/death 12 June 1780 Edit this at Wikidata 28 May 1847 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Greater London Greater London
Work period early 19th century
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Work location
United Kingdom, United States of America
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q12061751
After John Hoppner  (1758–1810)  wikidata:Q326066
 
After John Hoppner
Description English portrait painter
Date of birth/death 4 April 1758 Edit this at Wikidata 23 January 1810 / 25 January 1810 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Whitechapel Whitechapel
Work location
England Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q326066
Title
English: Colonel Fyers, Royal Engineers.
Description
English: General William Fyers (John Hoppner)
Depicted people William Fyers
Date circa 1806
date QS:P571,+1806-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium mezzotint print
Dimensions
  • plate: height: 355 mm (13.97 in); width: 255 mm (10.03 in)
    dimensions QS:P2048,355U174789
    dimensions QS:P2049,255U174789
  • Page: height: 378 mm (14.88 in); width: 281 mm (11.06 in)
    dimensions QS:P2048,378U174789
    dimensions QS:P2049,281U174789
institution QS:P195,Q238587
Accession number
National Portrait Gallery: NPG D1989
Object history 1966: purchased by National Portrait Gallery, London
Inscriptions

Text recto bottom left in print:

Painted by John Hoppner Efqr R.A.

Text recto bottom right in print:

Engraved by Henry Meyer

Title recto bottom center in print:

Colonel Fyers, Royal Engineers.

Caption recto bottom center in print:

From a Painting for the Garrison Library at Gibraltar
Source/Photographer https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp57783/william-fyers

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