General Sir George Augustus Eliott, K.B., Lord Heathfield, Baron of Gibraltar from an original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the Council Chamber of the City of London / [graphic]

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Title: General Sir George Augustus Eliott, K.B., Lord Heathfield, Baron of Gibraltar from an original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the Council Chamber of the City of London / [graphic]
Creator: Bond, William, active 1799-1833, printmaker
Contributor: Joseph, G. F. 1764-1846, artist.
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, artist.
Cadell & Davies, publisher.
Published / Created: [4 February 1813]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Feb. 4, 1813, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Abstract: "Portrait of George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, after Reynolds (Mannings 578a); almost three-quarter length to front, facing and eyes to the left, wearing uniform and holding a large key in his right hand; smoke and cannons in the background; his lower body in outline."--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 opposite page 604 (leaf numbered '39' 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 : sheet 37.3 x 26.6 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English