His Grace the Duke of Portland [graphic]

Description

Title: His Grace the Duke of Portland [graphic]
Creator: Murphy, John, approximately 1748-approximately 1820, printmaker
Contributor: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, artist.
Austin, William, 1721-1820, publisher.
Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, publisher.
Published / Created: [31 March 1785]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd March 31st, 1785, by Wm. Austin, drawing master and print-merchant at No. 41 St. James's Street, & for the engraver by W. Dickinson, No. 158 Bond Street
Abstract: "Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 156); seated almost whole-length and in three-quarter profile to left, his right hand to his cheek and his left holding papers lettered "India Bill", resting on the table to left with statuettes of Samson and a boxer, and books; open letter proof."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 338 (leaf numbered '159' in pencil) in volume 2 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 47.6 x 34.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 1].
Language: English