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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

[Earl of Hertford]

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James Gillray
1756-1815

[Earl of Hertford]

[England?] : [publisher not identified], June 1st 1780.
etching, hand-colored
plate mark: 85 x 53 mm; sheet: 109 x 79 mm
Peel 2326
Notes
Printmaker and title from George.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "Lord Hertford" at foot of print.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Caricature portrait of Francis Seymour Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, half-length in profile to the right, his hair or wig receding from his forehead is in a dark bag; wearing the ribbon and star of the Garter.

Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department