"Portrait of Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, when Baron Loughborough; three-quarter length, seated directed to left, looking towards the viewer, his left elbow on the arm of his chair; mace on a table beside him at left; wearing chancellor's robes decorated with brocade, lace bands and long white wig."--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., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 408 (leaf numbered '21' 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:
Published Dec. 7, 1812, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805,
"Portrait, three-quarters length seated directed to left, looking towards the viewer, left elbow on the arm of his chair, his hand on the edge of his robes, right hand on the chancerial burse, propped on his knee, with the mace on a table beside him, wearing robes decorated with gold brocade, lace bands and long white wig; a column and curtain behind to right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., State from: Baudi di Vesme, A. Francesco Bartolozzi., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., For an earlier state with scratched production details only, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.1768., and Bound in opposite page 371 (leaf numbered '187' 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 1st Feby. 1800 by John Jeffryes, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805,
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of Miss Charlotte C., (on the left and numbered 31), and her alleged lover on the right, Alexander Wedderburn (numbered 32).
Alternative Title:
Admirable advocate
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication from Plomer's Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, p. 316., Subjects identified in British Museum catalogue., From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and Country Magazine, 1778 p. 569., and Mounted to 21 x 28 cm., with p. 569-574 of the Magazine.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. ...
Subject (Name):
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805,
Title from item., Place of publication from Plomer's Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, page 404; T. (Thomas) Walker, publisher of the Hibernian magazine, was located at Dame Street Dublin from 1770-1786., Probably from the Hibernian magazine, 1778. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, no. 5505, originally published in Town and country magazine., and Mounted.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by T. Walker, No. 79 Dame Street
Subject (Name):
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805,