William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of Portland, & Lord Edward Bentinck [graphic]

Description

Title: William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of Portland, & Lord Edward Bentinck [graphic]
Creator: Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
Contributor: West, Benjamin, 1738-1820, artist.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: [24 June 1780]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. 24 June 1780 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Abstract: "Double portrait after West (Staley 683); whole-length, the Duke at left, leaning on a pedestal and wearing his robes, his coronet just visible behind his right arm, Edward standing beside, his right hand on his brother's shoulder and left on his hip; curtain behind at left; state published by Humphrey. 1774 as re-issued in 1780."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved within bottom portion of image.
State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 578 (leaf numbered '7' 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 40.7 x 26 cm, on sheet 41.6 x 26 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 4].
Language: English