Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley

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Artist/Maker	Welch & Gwynne (publisher) Cousins, Samuel (R.A.) (engraver) Lawrence, Thomas PRA (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Portrait, half-length, full face.

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Categories	Portraits Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint Mezzotint
Brief description	Print, portrait of Richard, 1st Marquess Wellesley, mezzotint by Samuel Cousins after Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1842.
Physical description	Portrait, half-length, full face.
Dimensions	Height: 38.7cm Width: 30.5cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style	British School
Production type	Proof
Copy number	3rd state
Marks and inscriptions	'Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R.A. Pinxt. Samuel Cousins, A.R.A. Sculpt. London, Jany, 1st 1842; Published by Welch & Gwynne, 24, St. James's Street. Proof.' (Lettered with name of sitter etc. and)
Credit line	Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subject depicted	Wellesley, Richard (1st Marquess Wellesley)
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. Whitman, Alfred. Samuel Cousins. London: G. Bell & Sons, 1904.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.302-1959

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568829/richard-colley-wellesley-1st-marquess-print-cousins-samuel-ra/

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