[William Murray, Earl of Mansfield] [graphic]

Description

Title: [William Murray, Earl of Mansfield] [graphic]
Creator: Jones, J. (John), approximately 1745-1797, printmaker
Contributor: Grimaldi, William, 1751-1830, artist.
Payne, Thomas, 1719-1799, printmaker.
Published / Created: [1 November 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs Novr. 1, 1791, by T. Payne, Mews Gate
Abstract: "Portrait of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, three-quarter length seated directed to right, looking towards the viewer, right hand on the arm of his chair, left hand holding a letter, resting on a table beside an inkpot, wearing a jacket with two buttons fastened over the chest and a chin-length wig, shirt ruffles at the cuffs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Crest bearing the motto "Uni Aequus Virtuti" etched below image, beneath which is a quotation from Horace: Virtutis verae Custos, Quo multae magnaeque secantur Judice lites. Hor.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted before page 261 (leaf numbered '76' 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 30 x 22.8 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English