Accession number
PML 146857.15
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[England?] : Published 17 June 1782 by C. Bretherton, [1782]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from George.
Early state, with the roman numeral "XIX" within plate at upper left.
Item no. 15 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Early state, with the roman numeral "XIX" within plate at upper left.
Item no. 15 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print on wove paper : etching ; plate mark: 176 x 112 mm; sheet: 223 x 155 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot of sheet: Lord Mahon.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Portrait of Charles Stanhope (1753-1816), afterwards 3rd Earl Stanhope, styled Viscount Mahon 1763-86, M.P. for Wycombe, 1780-6. He is lean and tall, and stands in profile to the right as if making a violent harangue, body bent forward, right hand extended. He holds his hat and cane in his left hand. He is plainly dressed, his lank and scanty hair tied at the neck. Cf. George.
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