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![[Francis Rawdon-Hastings] The Right Honorable Francis Earl of Moira, &c. &c. &c. Acting Grand Master](jpegs/57926.jpg)
[Francis Rawdon-Hastings] The Right Honorable Francis Earl of Moira, &c. &c. &c. Acting Grand Master of the most Ancient amd Honorable Society of Free & Accepted Masons [...] Dedicated by Permission to His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales &c &c &c. by His Royal Highness' obliged and obedient Servant, Henry Landseer.
Drawn by F. Bartolozzi R.A. Engraved by H. Landseer. [***] of Mr Harram (for the Proprietor) Piazza Chambers, Covent Garden.
ondon Published Feb.y 25, 1804, by C. Wilkinson, Cornhill; Colnaghi, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, and the Proprietor H. Landseer, Northend, Fulham
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 555 x 425mm (21¾ x 16¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Three-quarter portrait of Francis Rawdon-Hastings (1754-1826), 1st Marquess of Hastings & second Earl of Moira, dressed in his Masonic regalia and seated in the grandmaster's chair. A soldier during the American Revolutionary War, he fought at Bunker Hill, White Plains and the siege of Charleston. His victory over General Greene at Hobkirk's Hill was described by Cornwallis 'as by far the most splendid of this war'. Appointed Governor-General of India in 1813, he oversaw the victory in the Gurkha War (1814-16); the final conquest of the Marathas in 1818; and the purchase of the island of Singapore in 1819. In 1824 he was appointed Governor-General of Malta, dying at sea near Naples 1826. Here he is shown in masonic dress, with his compasses, on a throne decorated with masonic symbols.
Whitman; 374.
[Ref: 57926] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by F. Bartolozzi R.A. Engraved by H. Landseer. [***] of Mr Harram (for the Proprietor) Piazza Chambers, Covent Garden.
ondon Published Feb.y 25, 1804, by C. Wilkinson, Cornhill; Colnaghi, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, and the Proprietor H. Landseer, Northend, Fulham
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 555 x 425mm (21¾ x 16¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Three-quarter portrait of Francis Rawdon-Hastings (1754-1826), 1st Marquess of Hastings & second Earl of Moira, dressed in his Masonic regalia and seated in the grandmaster's chair. A soldier during the American Revolutionary War, he fought at Bunker Hill, White Plains and the siege of Charleston. His victory over General Greene at Hobkirk's Hill was described by Cornwallis 'as by far the most splendid of this war'. Appointed Governor-General of India in 1813, he oversaw the victory in the Gurkha War (1814-16); the final conquest of the Marathas in 1818; and the purchase of the island of Singapore in 1819. In 1824 he was appointed Governor-General of Malta, dying at sea near Naples 1826. Here he is shown in masonic dress, with his compasses, on a throne decorated with masonic symbols.
Whitman; 374.
[Ref: 57926] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)