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General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson

Print
29/10/1819 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
TitleGeneral 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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.8cm
  • Width: 35.2cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
Production typeProof
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
Subjects depicted
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 createdJune 30, 2009
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