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Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwards

Print
17/04/1850 (published)
Artist/Maker
Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (printer)
Henry Squire & Co. (publisher)
Lynch, James Henry (lithographer)
Moseley, Henry (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Three-quarter length portrait, to left and looking to front; wearing Indian dress, with left hand resting on the hilt of a sabre; vignette with facsimile signature below.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleSir Herbert Benjamin Edwards (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Lithography
Brief description
Print, three-quarter length portrait of Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes in Indian dress. Lithograph by John Henry Linch after Henry Moseley, 1850.
Physical description
Three-quarter length portrait, to left and looking to front; wearing Indian dress, with left hand resting on the hilt of a sabre; vignette with facsimile signature below.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 73.5cm
  • Mount width: 53.4cm
Measured by SH 20/05/2011.
Styles
British School
Victorian
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Painted by Henry Moseley. J.H. Lynch, Lith. Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen. London, Published April 17th 1850 by Henry Squire & Compy. (Late Colnaghi & Puckle) Printsellers & Publishers to Her Majesty & the Royal Family 23, Cockspur Street.' (Lettered)
  • 'Herbert Edwardes' (Facsimile signature)
Production
Attribution note: India proof
Subjects depicted
Officer
Sabre
Edwardes, Herbert Benjamin (Sir)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
22977

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O644280/sir-herbert-benjamin-edwards-print-lynch-james-henry/
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