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William Ridley
1764-1838
[Right Honble Edmund Burke] / [W. Ridley sculpr.]
Published
[London] : [Vernor & Hood?], [1796]
stipple engraving
image: 86 x 70 mm (oval) plate mark: 221 x 153 mm; sheet: 236 x 169 mm
Peel 3171
Notes
Title from lettered impression.
Impression before letters of a stipple engraving Issued as an illustration in: Junius (London : Printed by T. Bensley, for Vernor and Hood, 1796), volume 2, page 226 (facing).
Impression before letters of a stipple engraving Issued as an illustration in: Junius (London : Printed by T. Bensley, for Vernor and Hood, 1796), volume 2, page 226 (facing).
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
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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