George Colman, Esq. from an original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the possession of the Earl of Mulgrave / [graphic]

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Title: George Colman, Esq. from an original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the possession of the Earl of Mulgrave / [graphic]
Creator: Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841, printmaker
Contributor: Jackson, John, 1778-1831, artist.
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, artist.
Cadell & Davies, publisher.
Published / Created: [8 March 1813]
Publication Place: London and Great Britain England London
Publisher: Published March 8, 1813, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Abstract: "Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 396); half-length, sitting, turned and eyes to the left, his right hand tucked inside the breast of his coat, left elbow leaning on papers on a table beside him, left cheek resting on left hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822.
Bound in opposite page 136 (leaf numbered '186' in pencil) in volume 1 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 : plate mark 37.7 x 32 cm, on sheet 50.7 x 35 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English