John Horne Tooke Esqr [graphic]

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Title: John Horne Tooke Esqr [graphic]
Creator: Smith, Anker, 1759-1819, printmaker, publisher
Contributor: Richards, C. W., active 1791, printer of plates.
Hardy, Thomas, 1757-1804, artist.
Skelton, William, 1763-1848, publisher.
Published / Created: [10 October 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Octr. 10th, 1791, by Anker Smith, Church Lane Chelsea, & No. 9 Milbank Row, also by Mr. Skelton in the Hay Markey and Printed by C.W. Richards
Abstract: Portrait of John Horne Tooke; half length, to the right, wearing queue wig and unbuttoned black jacket over a waistcoat and cravat
Description: Title engraved below image.
Later state, with altered imprint statement. For an earlier state with the imprint "Published March 25th, 1791, by A. Smith, No. 10 Millbank Row," see National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG D6960).
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 339 (leaf numbered '160' 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 : plate mark 31.4 x 26 cm, on sheet 38 x 28 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English