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Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley

Print
1 January 1842 (published)
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.

Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleRichard 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 typeProof
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 createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568829/richard-colley-wellesley-1st-marquess-print-cousins-samuel-ra/
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