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[William Wilberforce Esq.] [Member of Parliament for the County of York]
Title
[William Wilberforce Esq.] [graphic] : [Member of Parliament for the County of York].
Edition
[Proof before letters].
Publication
[London] : [William Faden, John Hatchard, and William Russell], [1807]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 35.6 x 27.7 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from lettered state.
Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Painted by the late John Russell Esqr. R.A., crayon painter to the King, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of York ; engraved by James Heath A.R.A.
Proof before all letters. For a lettered state with the imprint "Published Novr. 26, 1807, by William Faden, Geographer to the King &c., Charing Cross, John Hatchard, Bookseller to the Queen, 190 Piccadilly, and William Russell, 17 Newman Street," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1899,0805.4.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree.
Summary
"Portrait of William Wilberforce, MP, half-length seated at a table on which stand the 'Parliamentary Register' and 'Debates', holding folded in his hand the 'Slave Trade Abolition Bill'."--British Museum online catalogue.
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Added to Catalog
August 15, 2023
References
Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, page 469, no. 9
Heath, J. Heath family engravers, 1779-1878, v. 1, 1807.9
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Book illustrations.
Portrait prints.
Etchings - England - London - 1807.
Engravings - England - London - 1807.
Proofs before letters.
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