Portrait of British magistrate Sir John Fielding, the blind brother of Henry Fielding; a bust in oval frame, with Fielding facing left and below the frame, a child holding emblems of justice -- a book, scales, and a sword
Description:
Title etched in image., Probably a book illustration, but not the engraving in Leslie-Melville's Life and work or the portrait in The malefactor's register (1779)., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Opposite page 199. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Sir John Fielding, half-length to the right, sitting in a chair; holding a book or papers in his left hand; wearing a hat
Alternative Title:
Sir John Fielding
Description:
Title from note in ink at bottom of sheet., Statement of responsibility written in pencil in upper right corner., Date of production based on artist's death date., Placement instruction "199" in pencil in lower left corner., and Mounted opposite page 199 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
