Right Honble. Francis Rawdon Hastings, Earl of Moira [graphic]

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Title: Right Honble. Francis Rawdon Hastings, Earl of Moira [graphic]
Alternative Title: Right Honourable Francis Rawdon Hastings
Creator: Baldrey, Joshua Kirby, 1754-1828, printmaker
Contributor: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, artist.
Molteno, Anthony, 1784-1845, publisher.
Order of the Garter.
Published / Created: [9 August 1800]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd August 9, 1800, by Anthy. Molteno, printseller to Her Royal Highness the Dutchess of York, 29 Pall Mall
Abstract: "Portrait of Francis Rawdon Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira, after Reynolds (undescribed by Mannings); half-length, standing slightly to left against background of cloudy sky, with head turned and slightly tilted to look towards the viewer; wearing military uniform with epaulette on his right shoulder, dark neckerchief and white frill; in an oval, bordered by stippled line."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker identified as Joshua Kirby Baldrey; see description of the earlier state in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 462, no. 11.
Later state, with altered title and new publication line, of a print published 1 June 1784 by Joshua Kirby Baldrey. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1840,0808.93.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 656 (leaf numbered '105' in pencil) in volume 4 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 26 x 19.2, on sheet 35.8 x 26 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English