William Pulteney Esqr. [graphic]

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Title: William Pulteney Esqr. [graphic]
Creator: Faber, John, 1695?-1756, printmaker
Contributor: Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723, artist.
Faber, John, 1695?-1756, publisher.
Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1732]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: J. Tonson & J. Faber
Abstract: "Portrait, half-length to the left, his left hand on hip, looking towards the viewer, holding a letter addressed to him as Secretary for War in his right hand at waist level, wearing a dark coat, cravat and long, pale wig; arms below; lettered state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued.
Plate no. 33 from: Faber, J. Kit-Cat Club : done from the original paintings of Sr. Godfrey Kneller. London : Tonson and Faber, [1732-1735].
Plate numbered "33" in lower right corner.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 570 (leaf numbered '163' 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 : plate mark 35.4 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 39.2 x 25.9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English