Thomas Gainsborough, Esq. R.A. from the original picture painted by himself, in the Council Room of the Royal Academy / [graphic]

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Title

Thomas Gainsborough, Esq. R.A. from the original picture painted by himself, in the Council Room of the Royal Academy / [graphic]

Creator

Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, printmaker

Contributor

Jackson, John, 1778-1831, artist.
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788, artist.
Cadell & Davies, publisher.

Published / Created

[27 November 1810]

Publication Place

London and England London

Publisher

Published Nov. 27, 1810, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London

Abstract

Head-and-shoulders self-portrait of English painter Thomas Gainsborough, facing right

"Portrait of Thomas Gainsborough, after his self-portrait; half length, to the right, head turned to the front, his hair lightly curled over ears, wearing jacket fastened at waist and cravat."--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 after page 686 (leaf numbered '129' 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.

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