"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 327); standing whole-length to left about to descend steps at left, her right hand on balustrade; her hair high and dressed with feathers and pearls; park beyond."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Dibdin, T.F. Aedes Althorpianae ... London : Printed by W. Nicol ..., 1822., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 107 (leaf numbered '159' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published for the Revd. T.F. Dibdin
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806,
A portrait of Ignatius Sancho, in an oval, half-length facing three-quarter to left, with his right hand on stomach inside vest. Born a slave, he was self-educated and became known as a scholar, playwright, poet, and composer
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Copy of a 1781 print made in London by Francesco Bartolozzi, after a painting by Thomas Gainsborough and published by John Nichols., and Mounted to 27 x 19 cm.
Title from letterpress text below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Below image are four paragraphs of letterpress text with the heading "William Beckford" that contain biographical information; the number "23" is printed below the final paragraph in the lower left., Plate from: The biographical magazine. London : Printed for Effingham Wilson and Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, v. 2 (1820), Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., and Mounted to 41 cm in card stock folder.
