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Richard Brinsley Sheridan Esq. / painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds ; engraved by Jno. Hall, Engraver to his Majesty, 1791.

BIB_ID
460076
Accession number
MA 176 E68
Creator
Hall, John, 1739-1797, printmaker, publisher.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1890. NNPM
Description
1 print : engraving and etching ; sheet: 380 x 238 mm
Notes
Title from text below image.
State III/III as described by Hamilton.
Library's copy closely trimmed and cropped with significant loss to image and mounted on backing sheet; with the lower margin bearing the caption title, signatures, and date excised and mounted on the verso. NNPM
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1890. NNPM
Summary
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1612); three-quarter length, directed and facing to the left and looking slightly to the front, left hand at his side, glove on right hand, resting in a fist on a table in front of him, with an inkwell and papers; closed letter state."--British Museum online catalogue.