Henry Lord Viscount Melville from an original picture by T. Lawrence, Esq. R.A. in his own possession / [graphic]

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Title: Henry Lord Viscount Melville from an original picture by T. Lawrence, Esq. R.A. in his own possession / [graphic]
Creator: Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, printmaker
Contributor: Evans, William, active 1797-1812, artist.
Lawrence, Thomas, 1769-1830, artist.
Cadell & Davies, publisher.
Published / Created: [6 September 1810]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Sep. 6, 1810, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Abstract: "Portrait of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, after Lawrence (Garlick 554); head and shoulders to front, looking to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 614 (leaf numbered '49' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
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. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 37.8 x 29.1 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English