Pillers of the publick prov'd and Pillars of the public proved
Description:
Title engraved above image., Publisher identified from address., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "To be had at the Star, Holborn Hill.", Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Admiral de la Gallissoniè€re, as a dog -- 2nd Earl of Effingham --, and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
T. Kitchin
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757, Cornwallis, Edward, 1713-1776, and Blakeney, William, 1672-1761
"Portrait, three-quarter length, standing, directed to right, wearing chin-length wig and uniform with braid hanging from right shoulder, right elbow on a ledge next to his tricorn hat, left hand resting on cannon; after Hudson; retouched state, dog altered to cannon, date altered. 1748, this state 1756."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Honorable William Blakeney
Description:
Title from caption below image., Place of publication surmised from printmaker's place of activity., Date of publication from Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins., and Mounted on sheet: 477 x 338 mm. Ms. note lower right corner: '48'.