Accession number
PML 146857.13
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[England?] : Published 14th May 1782 by C. Bretherton, [1782]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
The 1st state, with the number 8 in upper left of plate.
Item no. 13 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Item no. 13 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark: 176 x 114 mm; sheet: 224 x 152 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot of sheet: Lord Nugent.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Portrait of Robert Craggs Nugent, Irish peer and M.P. for St Mawes. He stands, bending forward from the waist, his head in profile to the left, his right hand extended, his hat in his left hand as if speaking in the House of Commons, where he was noted for speeches in a rich brogue and for his support of every Ministry in turn.
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