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The Right Honble Lord Stanley M.P.

Print
01/01/1842 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Three-quarter length portrait, to front and looking to left; resting right hand on a table with papers and an inkstand; holding spectacles on a ribbon in left hand; base of a column in right background.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Right Honble Lord Stanley M.P. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint on paper
Brief description
Three-quarter length portrait of Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby. Mezzotint on paper by Henry Cousins after Henry Perronet Briggs, 1842.
Physical description
Three-quarter length portrait, to front and looking to left; resting right hand on a table with papers and an inkstand; holding spectacles on a ribbon in left hand; base of a column in right background.
Dimensions
  • Cut height: 62.3cm
  • Cut width: 49cm
Measured by SH 28/04/2011.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Painted by H. P. Briggs R.A. Manchester, Published By Thomas Agnew Repository of Arts, Exchange St. Jany 1. 1842. Engraved by Henry Cousins. The Right Honble Lord Stanley M.P. London, Published By Messrs. Colnaghi & Puckle, Printsellers To The Queen, Cockspur St. Charing Cross, Jany 1, 1842.' (Lettered)
Production
Attribution note: Proof with skeleton letters
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
29752H

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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