General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson
Print
29/10/1819 (published)
29/10/1819 (published)
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Portrait, three-quarter-length, standing, facing slightly right, holding a glove in right hand and resting left arm on the barrel of a cannon. The sitter is dressed in military uniform decorated with a sash and the medals and insignia of various orders.
Object details
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Title | General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Mezzotint |
Brief description | Print, three-quarter-length portrait of general Sir Robert Thomas Wilson in military uniform. Mezzotint by William Ward, after Henry William Pickersgill, 1819. Proof. |
Physical description | Portrait, three-quarter-length, standing, facing slightly right, holding a glove in right hand and resting left arm on the barrel of a cannon. The sitter is dressed in military uniform decorated with a sash and the medals and insignia of various orders. |
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Production type | Proof |
Marks and inscriptions | 'M.P. for Southwark 1818 Painted by H. W. Pickersgill. Engraved by Wm. Ward, A.R.A. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince Regent & the Duke of York. Pub. Octr. 29, 1819, by W. Ward, 57 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square. Proof.' (Lettered with name of sitter and) |
Credit line | Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.634-1959 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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