"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., and 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.
Publisher:
Published Feb. 4, 1813, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Elliott, George Augustus, 1717-1790,
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, Governors, Cannons, and Keys (Hardware)
Title from caption below image., Text below image: "Class 1 painting ; for the fine arts of the English School.", Text below statement of responsibility: "To Sir George Beaumont, bart. as a lover of the fine arts, and an admirer of the great artist here commemorated, this portrait and the accompanying memoir are respectfully inscribed by John Britton.", and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides.
Publisher:
Published Jan. 20, 1812 by Longman & Co., Paternaster Row ; J. Taylor, High Holborn, & W. Bond, Newman St. and Bell & Wright