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Edward Hedges
Ignatius
Published
London : Publish'd March 28, [28 March was Sunday] 1784 by E. Hedges N° 92 Cornhill, [1784]
etching with aquatint
image: 185 x 120 mm; sheet: 194 x 125 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 3197
Notes
Title from item.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A portrait of Burke, draped in a monkish robe and bald-headed; the bare toes of an enormous foot protrude from his gown. He is seated beside a rock (left), on which he rests a book in which he is writing; his other hand is raised.
Associated names
Hedges, Edward, active 18th century, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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