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The Right Honourable Henry Seymour Conway

Print
26/07/1780 (published)
Artist/Maker
R. Sayer & J. Bennett (publisher)
Dupont, Gainsborough (engraver)
Gainsborough, Thomas (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Whole-length portrait, standing to front, looking to right, in a landscape. The sitter is wearing a military uniform, holding a cane in his right hand, a hat in the other and is standing by the coast. In the left background is a view of a fort - possibly either Mount Orgueil or Elizabeth Castle on the island of Jersey.

Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleThe Right Honourable Henry Seymour Conway (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint on paper
Paper
Mezzotint
Brief description
Portrait of Henry Seymour Conway standing by a seashore. Mezzotint by Gainsborough Dupont after Thomas Gainsborough, 1780.
Physical description
Whole-length portrait, standing to front, looking to right, in a landscape. The sitter is wearing a military uniform, holding a cane in his right hand, a hat in the other and is standing by the coast. In the left background is a view of a fort - possibly either Mount Orgueil or Elizabeth Castle on the island of Jersey.
Dimensions
  • Height: 60.8cm
  • Width: 38.5cm
Measured by SH 15/03/2011.
Styles
Georgian
British School
Copy number
2nd state
Marks and inscriptions
'The Right Honourable Henry Seymour Conway. One of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, Colonel of His Majesty's Forces & Governor of the Island of Jersey, &c. London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map and Printsellers No.53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 26 July, 1780.' (Lettered)
Production
This print is a variant version of a portrait by Thomas Gainsborough.
Subjects depicted
Castle
Fort
Shore
Uniform
General
Man
Cane
Tricorne
Hat
Conway, Henry Seymour
Bibliographic reference
Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 1, p. 239.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
24069

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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