William Wilberforce Esq. Member of Parliament for the County of York / [graphic]

Description

Title: William Wilberforce Esq. Member of Parliament for the County of York / [graphic]
Creator: Vendramini, Giovanni, 1769-1839, printmaker
Contributor: Edridge, Henry, 1769-1821, artist.
Cadell & Davies, publisher.
Published / Created: [27 October 1809]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Oct. 27, 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Abstract: "Portrait of William Wilberforce, half-length, seated in armchair, directed and looking to the right, reading a book that he is holding close to his face with both hands, wearing double breasted coat with eyeglass on a ribbon hanging around his neck; vignette."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 510 (leaf numbered '105' in pencil) in volume 3 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 37.8 x 28 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English