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Thomas Deeble
1762-
Lord Sheffield & the commerce of Great Britain / engrav'd by T Deeble.
Bristol : John Strt, 1790.
etching
image: 152 x 137; plate mark: 165 x 142 mm; sheet: 175 x 153 mm
Peel 1743
Notes
Title from item.
Election print in support of Lord Sheffield as MP of Bristol in the election of 1790.
A later state of this print is recorded in the British Museum catalog, lacking imprint and signed "Deeble sct."
Election print in support of Lord Sheffield as MP of Bristol in the election of 1790.
A later state of this print is recorded in the British Museum catalog, lacking imprint and signed "Deeble sct."
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Portrait of John Baker Holroyd, Earl of Sheffield; full length, standing on a dock in an oval frame, looking to left; flanked by two ships, with several parcels and barrels at his feet, an armorial shield at his immediate right, positioned over an open book reading "Sheffield on commerce"; a rondel with coat of arms at upper right and another rondel showing a ship and castle at upper left.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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