Accession number
PML 146395.162
Creator
Wivell, Abraham, 1786-1849.
Published
1820?
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Part of a large collection of prints, drawings, and letters bound into an extra-illustrated copy of Thomas Moore's Letters and journals of Lord Byron (PML 146390-97); assembled by collector David Langton and formerly in the possession of John Dillon and Gordon Ray.
Description
1 drawing.
Inscriptions/Markings
Below drawing in ink: Thistlewood, from life by Wivell; on bound sheet below inlaid drawing: Executed at the Old Bailey for High Treason 1 May 1820.
Provenance
David Langton; John Dillon; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Head and shoulders portrait of the leader of the Cato Street conspirators, Arthur Thistlewood, in profile facing left.
Classification
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