Henry Viscount Melville from the original picture in the possession of the Earl of Aberdeen, to whom this print is with permission respectfully dedicated by His Lordships most obt. & hble. servt. C. Turner / [graphic]

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Title: Henry Viscount Melville from the original picture in the possession of the Earl of Aberdeen, to whom this print is with permission respectfully dedicated by His Lordships most obt. & hble. servt. C. Turner / [graphic]
Creator: Turner, Charles, 1774-1857, printmaker, publisher
Contributor: Lawrence, Thomas, 1769-1830, artist.
Molteno, Anthony, 1784-1845, publisher.
Hatton, David, active 1805-1823, publisher.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., publisher.
Published / Created: [1 December 1810]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Decr. 1, 1810, by C. Turner, No. 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square; Mr. Colnaghi, Cockspur Street, Hay Market; Mr. Molteno, Pall Mall; & Mr. Hatton, Princes Street, Edinburgh
Abstract: "Portrait after Lawrence (Garlick 554); standing three-quarter length holding a brief in his right hand, with his left hand on a paper."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description: Title etched below image.
State from: Whitman, A. Charles Turner.
A proof state, before horizontal line-tint ruled over inscription space (State 3) and before letters of title strengthened and made thick and thin (State 4). The word "Proof" is etched above imprint statement to the left.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides, resulting in loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from Whitman.
Mounted opposite page 568 (leaf numbered '161' 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 50.9 x 37 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 2].
Language: English