"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 396); half-length, sitting, turned and eyes to the left, his right hand tucked inside the breast of his coat, left elbow leaning on papers on a table beside him, left cheek resting on left hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., and Bound in opposite page 136 (leaf numbered '186' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published March 8, 1813, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Colman, George, 1732-1794, and Colman, George, 1732-1794.
"Portrait of John Dryden, bust in profile to right but looking at the viewer; in an ornamental oval; theatrical attributes below; state with publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., and Text below image: From the collection of the late Earl of Oxford.
"Portrait of Richard Cumberland; half length, seated, to the right, with short white hair over ears, wearing jacket fastened over waistcoat and high-necked shirt; a vignette."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 30 (leaf numbered '88' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published April 12, 1814, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811, and Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811.
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1612); half-length directed to and facing the left, looking slightly to the front; curtain and pillar behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., and Bound in as frontispiece (opposite title page) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published Jan. 21, 1814, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London