A portrait [graphic].

Description

Title: A portrait [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [26 February 1812]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Febry. 26, 1812, by H. Humphrey, N. 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "A portrait of George, 3rd Earl of Pomfret (see British Museum Satires No. 9923), standing in profile to the left, with his left hand in his breeches pocket. He is obese, with powdered hair in a small tail, and a dark whisker. He wears an open double-breasted coat, long breeches with short Hessian boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 12 of 14 volumes.
Provenance: From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 27.9 x 22 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1812
Etchings England London 1812
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Pomfret, George Fermor, Earl of, 1768-1830
Subjects: Pomfret, George Fermor, Earl of, 1768-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1812
England > London > 1812
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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