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

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Title: [William Wilberforce Esq.] [Member of Parliament for the County of York]. [graphic]
Creator: Heath, James, 1757-1834, printmaker
Contributor: Russell, John, 1745-1806, artist.
Faden, William, 1749-1836, publisher.
Hatchard, John, 1768-1849, publisher.
Russell, William, active 1807-, publisher.
Published / Created: [1807]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: William Faden, John Hatchard, and William Russell
Abstract: "Portrait of William Wilberforce, MP, half-length seated at a table on which stand the 'Parliamentary Register' and 'Debates', holding folded in his hand the 'Slave Trade Abolition Bill'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from lettered state.
Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Painted by the late John Russell Esqr. R.A., crayon painter to the King, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of York ; engraved by James Heath A.R.A.
Proof before all letters. For a lettered state with the imprint "Published Novr. 26, 1807, by William Faden, Geographer to the King &c., Charing Cross, John Hatchard, Bookseller to the Queen, 190 Piccadilly, and William Russell, 17 Newman Street," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1899,0805.4.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 512 (leaf numbered '107' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Later ink annotation below print, on mounting sheet: William Wilberforce (Slave Abolitionist).
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 35.6 x 27.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [Proof before letters].
Language: No linguistic content