BIB_ID
459714
Accession number
MA 176 E15
Creator
Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773-1835, engraver.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1890. NNPM
Description
1 print : mezzotint ; sheet: 185 x 144 mm (cropped)
Notes
Title, production, and publication information derived from uncropped impressions of this print included in the British Museum online catalog.
Intact impressions of this print are lettered below the image: Painted by W Owen Esqr Portrait Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent. / Engraved & Published by S.W. Reynolds Bayswater June 1818 / [caption title] Earl Fitzwilliam / From the Original Picture in the Possession of Earl Grey to whom this Plate is respectfully dedicated by his Lordships / obliged & obedient humble Servant, S.W. Reynolds.
Library's copy of the portrait cropped down to include only the subject's head and shoulders, with all lettering and the remainder of the image lacking; inlaid in sheet 270 x 206 mm. NNPM
Intact impressions of this print are lettered below the image: Painted by W Owen Esqr Portrait Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent. / Engraved & Published by S.W. Reynolds Bayswater June 1818 / [caption title] Earl Fitzwilliam / From the Original Picture in the Possession of Earl Grey to whom this Plate is respectfully dedicated by his Lordships / obliged & obedient humble Servant, S.W. Reynolds.
Library's copy of the portrait cropped down to include only the subject's head and shoulders, with all lettering and the remainder of the image lacking; inlaid in sheet 270 x 206 mm. NNPM
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1890. NNPM
Summary
Portrait, three-quarter length, seated in an armchair, directed to front, facing slightly to left, wearing a dark buttoned jacket and light neckerchief; a dog looking up from the right; behind on the right, a curtain; on the left, a table with inkstand and pens. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
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