His Grace Willm. Robt. Duke of Leinster [graphic]

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Title: His Grace Willm. Robt. Duke of Leinster [graphic]
Alternative Title: His Grace William Robert Duke of Leinster
Creator: Hodges, C. H. (Charles Howard), 1764-1837, printmaker
Contributor: Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828, painter.
Cowen, George, active 1792, publisher.
Published / Created: [2 January 1792]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Jany. 2d, 1792, by George Cowen, at Thomas Macklin's Poets Gallery, Fleet Street, London, & at his house, Grafton Street, Dublin
Abstract: "Portrait, half length in a rectangular frame, seated almost in profile to left, looking towards the viewer, holding a paper in left hand, wearing a double-breasted coat with a high collar, frilled cravat, star and powdered wig tied at the nape; after Stuart; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark and mutilated along lower edge, resulting in slight loss of text. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 310 (leaf numbered '134' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Remnant of contemporary annotation in brown ink in lower left corner, mostly trimmmed away: ... Duke.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 34.5 x 25.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 2].
Language: English