Item 124a-c: Engraving of Isaac Barre by Gilbert Charles Stuart and John Hall (3 copies) (removed to Black Case Box #8) , 1787

Item — Box: 21, Folder: 124

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Engraving of Isaac Barre by Gilbert Charles Stuart and John Hall (3 copies) (removed to Black Case Box #8) , 1787

Dates

Created: 1787

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Engraving

Condition Note:

Fair, one print is very discolored.

Measurements:

14 in. x 10 ½ in.

Title:

The Right Honorable Isaac Barre.

Description:

These three prints were engraved by John Hall in 1787 after a painting of Isaac Barre produced by Gilbert Charles Stuart at an earlier date.A popular resentment against the corruption of the government arose towards the end of 1779 which resembled the Wilkesite movement of a decade before, but included many men of great respectability and property. The objections to high taxes, excessive power in the hands of the king, and a venal and corrupt parliament caused the parliamentary opposition to join the cause. Barre’s contribution was a proposal which called for a commission to examine the public accounts, which was passed by commons. This was Barre’s major contribution to British politics. Just as Wilkes was identified by the presence of copies of the Magna Carta in his pictures, Barre came to be associated with the commission of accounts. While the 1780 picture has no political commentary, the larger portrait of Barre, published in 1787, shows Barre holding a copy of the commission of accounts bill.” Gilbert Charles Stuart was born in 1755 and began copying pictures at the age of thirteen. Later on he had great success in portraiture. He studied under Cosmo Alexander, a Scotch painter, and in 1772 made a journey to Scotland. He eventually found great success in portrait painting and later died in 1828. In his works, his name is often signed “C. G. Stuart”, “G. C. Stuart”, “G. Stuart”, and on a few occasions, “Gabriel Stuart.” John Hall was born in Wivenhoe, near Colchester on December 21, 1739. He was a British engraver and painter who studied under the French engraver, Simon François Ravenet. He won prizes from the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce in 1756 and 1761. He died in 1797. The subject of this work, Isaac Barré was born on October 15, 1726 and was an Anglo-Irish politician and soldier. “He earned distinction serving with the British Army during the Seven Years' War and later became a prominent Member of Parliament, where he was a vocal supporter of William Pitt.” He coined the term “Sons of Liberty” that referred to American colonists who opposed the British government. He died on July 20, 1802. Two of the manuscripts in the collection depict a mistype regarding the name of Gilbert Stuart. The manuscripts state that the original pictures were by an C. G. Stuart, but it is meant to say G. C. Stuart, indicating Gilbert Charles Stuart.

Location:

Berwick Street.

Transcription:

Transcription found on Item 124a: THE RIGHT HONORABLE ISAAC BARRE Painted by C. G. Stuart John Hall sculp. [engraved/] Engraver to his Majesty 1787. Publith’d as the Act directs, by J. Hall No.83, Berwick Street.

Transcription found on Item 124b: THE RIGHT HONORABLE ISAAC BARRE Painted by C. G. Stuart John Hall sculp. [engraved/] Engraver to his Majesty 1787. Publith’d as the Act directs, by J. Hall No.83, Berwick Street. A stamp that says G. S. McClintock collection appears at the bottom of the page.

Transcription found on Item 124c: In Pencil: barre

A stamp that says G. S. McClintock collection appears at the bottom of the page.