"Portrait, almost half-length in a rectangular frame, as a young man, directed to left, wearing a jacket with a high collar fastened with two buttons across the chest, with a frilled cravat and powdered hair."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title engraved below image., Third state, with statement of responsibility "Painted & engrav'd by H. Kingsbury" burnished from plate., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 286 (leaf numbered '112' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Publised [sic] July 15, 1789, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Jones, J. (John), approximately 1745-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1792]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 674); standing three-quarter length to front, head turned to face right, with his right hand on papers on table, wearing coat buttoned at chest and his hair powdered; curtain pulled back to reveal pillar and sky behind; state with price, before it was altered to 1s.6d."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Price, 10s.-6d."--Following imprint., and Bound in opposite page 412 (leaf numbered '26' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Publishd as the act directs, Novr. 1st, 1792, by J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street, Marylebone
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jany. 10, 1777.
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1565); standing three-quarter length to right, eyes to front, wearing fur-trimmed overcoat, and his hair powdered, sword in his left hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 216 (leaf numbered '37' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Half-length portrait of English dramatist and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan, facing left and "Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1612); half-length directed to and facing the left, looking slightly to the front, his coat fastened by two buttons; curtain behind."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted as frontispiece (opposite title page) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published July 1, 1825, by Messrs. Longman & Co., Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1612); half-length directed to and facing the left, looking slightly to the front; curtain and pillar behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., and Bound in as frontispiece (opposite title page) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published Jan. 21, 1814, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
"Portrait after William Hoare, seated to left at table, three-quarter length, eyes to front, holding letter in his right hand; wearing plain coat with large, buttoned-down cuffs and tightly curled wig."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title engraved below image., State with alteration to publisher Richard Houston's address in imprint statement; text "at [the] Golden Head in Broad Court Covent Garden" at end of imprint has been erased and "Charing Cross" added in its place. This state seems to come between Russell's state 'b' (state I in: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits) and state 'c'. See: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date range for publication inferred from the 1754 date assigned to the preceding state of the plate (British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1859,0709.1451), as well as from other plates published by Richard Houston that are dated up to 1760., "Price 5 s."--Preceding imprint., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 254 (leaf numbered '70' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
"Portrait of William Pitt, half-length, directed to the front, head turned and looking to the left, wearing double breasted coat and neckerchief; vignette."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., and Bound in opposite page 256 (leaf numbered '72' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published Nov. 17, 1810, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
"Portrait of William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, whole length, standing slightly to right by an armchair on a podium, with head turned to look to left, pointing with his right hand, holding a university hat in the left; wearing ornate gown of Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and lace cravat; curtain behind at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page 325 (leaf numbered '148' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published November 21, 1814, by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834,
An elderly man in a top hat sits with his arms crossed and his eyes closed, as he sits in Parliament. The text below: We live hardly anywhere else than in St. Stephen's. Speech of D.W. Harvey, Esq
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record.