Artist

J. & P. Knapton

J. & P. Knapton is a Baroque artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

J. & P. Knapton made printed portraits and scenes in mid-1700s London, the kind you’d find in shop windows or gentlemen’s clubs. Their 1746 engraving in the H Beard Print Collection shows a finely dressed figure—maybe a merchant or a writer—posed with a book and quill. Tap H Beard Print Collection to see the full print and imagine hanging it on a wall in Georgian England.

Works by J. & P. Knapton

Collections represented

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

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