[The Right Honble. Charles Earl Grey, First Lord of the Treasury] [graphic]

Description

Title: [The Right Honble. Charles Earl Grey, First Lord of the Treasury] [graphic]
Alternative Title: Right Honourable Charles Earl Grey
Creator: Ward, William James, approximately 1800-1840, printmaker, publisher
Contributor: Jackson, John, 1778-1831, artist.
Published / Created: [approximately 1833]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Ward
Abstract: "Portrait of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, half-length to left, in front of a curtain; wearing a dark double-breasted coat over light buttoned waistcoat with standing collar, white shirt, and neckerchief."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description: Title from later state.
Artist from statement of responsibility on later state: Engraved by Wm. Ward, from the original picture by the late John Jackson, Esqr. R.A.
Proof state; the only lettering is the printmaker's signature, which is lightly scratched and centered below image.
Publication information inferred from imprint "London. Published Jany 1, 1833, by Wm. Ward, 12 Mornington Place, Hampstead Road" on later state; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.1633. See also: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 387, no. 3.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 650 (leaf numbered '98' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 35.6 x 26.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English