James Macardell

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 622.0 mm

NPG 3123

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