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Lord G. Gordon. Drawn from the life in the Kings Bench Prison
[London] : Published Decr. 18th. 1787 by I. WallisNo. 16 Ludgate Hill, [1787]
etching, hand colored
image: 147 x 88 mm; sheet: 170 x 98 mm
Peel 1635
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Not in George; a reverse version of an etching by James Bretherton issued in 1782, in the collection of the British Museum (BM 1853,0112.2230).
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in George; a reverse version of an etching by James Bretherton issued in 1782, in the collection of the British Museum (BM 1853,0112.2230).
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Full-length portrait of Lord George Gordon, wearing a beard and a low-crowned wide-brimmed hat, standing in profile to the left and holding a cane.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
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