The Right Honble. Lord Grenville [graphic]

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Title: The Right Honble. Lord Grenville [graphic]
Alternative Title: Right Honourable Lord Grenville
Creator: Fittler, James, 1758-1835, printmaker, publisher
Contributor: Phillips, Thomas, 1770-1845, artist.
Published / Created: March 1812.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published as the act directs by J. Fittler, No 62 Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square
Abstract: "Portrait; three-quarters length standing to the left; grey hair; long lace cravat and ruffles; heavy black brocaded silk Chancellor's robe with gold lace trimming on collar, facings and sleeves, over black velvet clothes; his right hand clasps an upright brass bound volume standing on a table to left, on which are also a bundle of papers tied up with tape; curtain behind to right, to left, a view of Christ Church seen through window; coat of arms below portrait."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: Q,2.42.+.
Bound in opposite page 658 (leaf numbered '107' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
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 50.8 x 35.9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English