Lieut. Genl. Sir George Provost Governor of Canada. [graphic]

Description

Title: Lieut. Genl. Sir George Provost Governor of Canada. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Lieutenant General Sir George Provost
Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, publisher.
Published / Created: Novr. 1812.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Abstract: "Equestrian portrait of Sir George Prevost, full-length, in profile to the right, holding a despatch in his gloved hand and the reins in the other, a cocked hat on his head, dressed in military uniform with light blue facings and trousers, an epaulette and an aiguillette on his shoulder, spurs on the heels of his boots, his black horse standing quietly with a a saddle-blanket and a docked tail, a military camp on the hills."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker identified as Dighton; see description of later state in the British Museum online catalogue.
Early state, before Dighton's title and publication line burnished from plate and replaced with those of Thomas Palser. For the later state with the title "Sir George Prevost, Governor of Canada", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1848,1221.47.
Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 513.
Leaf 70 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Provenance: Sold at Dominic Winter Auctions, 9 October 2020, lot 502, purchased through Jarndyce; October 2020.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27.5 x 21.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English