"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)
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 578); 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, the Straits of Gibralter in the distance"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Numbered in contemporary hand in upper right corner: "60."
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 1st 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell, no. 90, Cheapside, London
Title etched below image., Printmaker from unverified card catalog., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Sir Alexander Hood -- Personification of Fame -- Stable-boy., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs for the proprietor by W. Dent May 14, 1788 ; Sold by W. Dickie, opposite Exeter change, Strand & W. Moore, no. 48 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Order of the bath., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Yonge, George, Sir, 1731-1812, Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron, 1724 -1808, and Elliott, George Augustus, 1717-1790
Title from item., Printmaker identified by British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on the bottom., Publisher's announcement following the imprint: ... where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. in the Kingdom, also the head & hand of Count Struenzee. Admit. 1 s., Temporary local subject terms: Gibraltar -- Guns: cannons -- Cannon balls -- Military uniforms: regimentals -- Orders: Star of Bath -- Threat of war with Spain -- Furniture: armchairs -- Weapons: muskets with bayonettes -- Flags: Union flag., and Watermark: armorial shield with fleur-de-lis above and initials L V G? below.
