[Lord Orford's Memoires. Mr. Pelham] [graphic].Thomson, Joseph, active 1790-1799, printmaker[1822]eng"Portrait of Henry Pelham, bust; directed to the right, head turned and looking towards the viewer, wearing the black and gold brocade gown of Chancellor of the Exchequer, lace bands and long white wig; oval medallion in ornamental design with horse's head on the left, a woman laying below the medallion, a dragons tail on the left, and a dragon's claw on the right below the woman; portrait after Hoare."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later stateTitle from published state.Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on published state: Bentley pinxt. ; Thomson sculpt.The portrait was engraved after William Hoare, with Bentley providing the ornamental design; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits.Proof state of a plate from: Walpole, H. Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second. London : J. Murray, 1822.Sheet trimmed to plate mark.