William Ridley
1764-1838
Right Honble Edmund Burke / W. Ridley sculpr.
Published
[London] : [Vernor & Hood], [1796]
stipple engraving
image: 86 x 70 mm (oval) ; sheet: 137 x 93 mm
Peel 3173
Notes
Title from item.
Issued as an illustration in: Junius (London : Printed by T. Bensley, for Vernor and Hood, 1796), volume 2, page 226 (facing).
Note in pencil on album leaf mount below print: [Publish'd by Vernor & Hood, 16th Decr. 1796] (from a print in the Lewis Walpole Library).
Trimmed within plate mark.
Issued as an illustration in: Junius (London : Printed by T. Bensley, for Vernor and Hood, 1796), volume 2, page 226 (facing).
Note in pencil on album leaf mount below print: [Publish'd by Vernor & Hood, 16th Decr. 1796] (from a print in the Lewis Walpole Library).
Trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Oval portrait of Edmund Burke almost half-length directed to left, looking down, wearing a dark coat, waistcoat, plain white cravat, spectacles and hair curled at the ears and tied in a queue.
Associated names
Wilkes, John, of Milland House, Sussex, publisher.
Junius, active 18th century. Junius.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Junius, active 18th century. Junius.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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