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The Right Honble. Lord George Bentinck M.P.

Print
05/02/1849 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Three-quarter-length portrait, standing, turned to left and looking to right. The sitter's right hand is resting on papers on a table with an inkstand; in his left hand he holds a roll of papers. In the left background is the base of a column.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Right Honble. Lord George Bentinck M.P. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint on paper
Brief description
Three-quarter-length portrait of William George Frederic Cavendish Bentinck. Mezzotint by Samuel William Reynolds after Samuel Lane, 1849.
Physical description
Three-quarter-length portrait, standing, turned to left and looking to right. The sitter's right hand is resting on papers on a table with an inkstand; in his left hand he holds a roll of papers. In the left background is the base of a column.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 57.6cm
  • Cut to width: 44.7cm
Measured by SH 27/09/2010
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Painted by Samuel Lane Engraved by Samuel W. Reynolds The Right Honble. Lord George Bentinck M.P. Printed by Brooker & Harrison Published Feby. 5th 1848 at 12 & 14 Pall Mall East by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co. Ancient & Modern Print Warehouse, Publishers to Her Majesty.' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted
Associated object
23762 (Version)
Collection
Accession number
21958

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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