BIB_ID
459716
Accession number
MA 176 E17
Creator
Orme, Edward, 1775-1848, engraver.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1890. NNPM
Description
1 print : stipple engraving ; image: 104 x 80 mm (oval) ; sheet: 157 x 95 mm
Notes
Caption title.
Above image: European Magazine.
Print issued as an illustration in the European magazine, September, 1798.
Print closely trimmed within plate mark, with loss of text at head of image; inlaid in sheet: 270 x 206 mm. NNPM
Above image: European Magazine.
Print issued as an illustration in the European magazine, September, 1798.
Print closely trimmed within plate mark, with loss of text at head of image; inlaid in sheet: 270 x 206 mm. NNPM
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1890. NNPM
Summary
Portrait of Alexander Wedderburn, Ist Earl of Rosslyn, when Baron Loughborough, half length, standing to front, with head turned to look to right; wearing chancellor's robes decorated with brocade, lace bands and long white wig. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
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