"Portrait after Lawrence (Garlick 836); standing three-quarter length slightly to left, looking to right, his arm leaning on a high table at right with a letter in his hand, desk behind at left"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and artist from Catalogue of engraved British portraits. and Date of publication from death date of printmaker, and place of publication surmised from his place of activity.
Ward, William James, approximately 1800-1840, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, half-length to left, in front of a curtain; wearing a dark double-breasted coat over light buttoned waistcoat with standing collar, white shirt, and neckerchief."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Charles Earl Grey
Description:
Title from later state., Artist from statement of responsibility on later state: Engraved by Wm. Ward, from the original picture by the late John Jackson, Esqr. R.A., Proof state; the only lettering is the printmaker's signature, which is lightly scratched and centered below image., Publication information inferred from imprint "London. Published Jany 1, 1833, by Wm. Ward, 12 Mornington Place, Hampstead Road" on later state; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.1633. See also: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 387, no. 3., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 650 (leaf numbered '98' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
