The Right Honourable Thomas Alexander Erskine Earl of Kellie, Viscount Fenton, Baron of Dirleton, &c. &c. &c. / [graphic]

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33191958

Description

Title
The Right Honourable Thomas Alexander Erskine Earl of Kellie, Viscount Fenton, Baron of Dirleton, &c. &c. &c. / [graphic]
Creator
Blyth, Robert, 1750-1784, printmaker, publisher
Contributor
Home, Robert, 1752-1834, artist.
Published / Created
[12 February 1782]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Publish'd as the act directs, Feby. 12th, 1782, by R. Blyth, No. 27 Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square
Abstract

"Portrait of Thomas Alexander Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie, three-quarter length, seated to right in an armchair, glancing towards the viewer, his right arm on chair arm and the left on his lap; wearing short wig, open coat, waistcoat fastened with five buttons, neckerchief and frill."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title engraved below image.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1914,0317.5.
Mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 468 (leaf numbered '74' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Contemporary ink annotation "367" in lower right corner.
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 31.7 x 24 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 53 Sh52 M78

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1782
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material
engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Kelly, Thomas Alexander Erskine, Earl of, 1732-1781,
Subject (Topic)
Composers
Subjects
Kelly, Thomas Alexander Erskine, Earl of, 1732-1781
Composers
England > London > 1782
18th century
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1809 or 1810-1888 > Ownership
Wavertree, Florence Lothrop Sheridan Walker, lady, 1872-1952 > Ownership

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public

Identifiers

Catalog Record
16740364
Object ID (OID)
33191958

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