The Earl of Aberdeen K.T.

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Artist/Maker	Colnaghi (publishers) Cousins, Samuel (R.A.) (engraver) Lawrence, Thomas PRA (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Portrait, three-quarter-length standing, turned to front and looking to right; left hand resting on a folded paper on a table, on which is the seal of the Foreign Office. The sitter is wearing the star and ribbon of the Order of the Thistle. In the left background is the base of a column.

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Categories	Portraits Prints Politics Scotland
Object type	Print
Title	The Earl of Aberdeen K.T. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint on wove paper Wove Paper Mezzotint
Brief description	Three-quarter-length portrait of George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen. Mezzotint by Samuel Cousins after Thomas Lawrence, 1831.
Physical description	Portrait, three-quarter-length standing, turned to front and looking to right; left hand resting on a folded paper on a table, on which is the seal of the Foreign Office. The sitter is wearing the star and ribbon of the Order of the Thistle. In the left background is the base of a column.
Dimensions	Cut height: 65.8cm Cut width: 50cm Measured by SH 27/09/2010
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	'Painted by The late Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R.A. &c. &c. Engraved by Samuel Cousins 1831. The Earl of Aberdeen K. T. His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1830. London. Published July 28th 1831 by Colnaghi Senr. Dominick Colnaghi & Co. Printsellers to their Majesties & the Royal Family PALL MALL EAST.' (Lettered)
Production	Attribution note: Proof with skeleton letters
Subjects depicted	Sash Table Column Seal Hamilton-Gordon, George (Earl of Aberdeen)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	22137

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O646546/the-earl-of-aberdeen-kt-print-cousins-samuel-ra/

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