James Macardell (1727 or 1728-1765), Mezzotint engraver.
Reynolds shows his engraver, James Macardell, in the act of engraving a copper plate. More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue, John Kerslake's Early Georgian Portraits (1977, out of print).
c. 1756-1760
Oil on canvas
749.0 x 622.0mm
NPG 3123
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