![[George Canning] [To His Most Excellent Majesty This Portrait of The Right Honorable George Canning, M.P.](jpegs/41874.jpg)
[George Canning] [To His Most Excellent Majesty This Portrait of The Right Honorable George Canning, M.P. First Lord of the Treasury &c.&c.&c. is by His Gracious Permission Dedicated By His Majesty's very humble subjects and obliged servants, Colnaghi, Sons & Co.]
[Engraved by Charles Turner after Sir Thomas Lawrence]
[Pall Mall East, London, Pub.d July 20th 1827, by Messrs. Colnaghi Son & Co, Printsellers to His Majesty.]
Mezzotint on india, proof before letters. 375 x 290mm (14¾ x 11½"). Some spotting.
Fine half-length portrait of statesman George Canning (1770 - 1827), published during his term as Prime Minister which, at 119 days, was the shortest ever. After Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830). The original oil is in Attingham Park, a National Trust property.
Whitman 96, predating the state I.
[Ref: 41874] £240.00
[Pall Mall East, London, Pub.d July 20th 1827, by Messrs. Colnaghi Son & Co, Printsellers to His Majesty.]
Mezzotint on india, proof before letters. 375 x 290mm (14¾ x 11½"). Some spotting.
Fine half-length portrait of statesman George Canning (1770 - 1827), published during his term as Prime Minister which, at 119 days, was the shortest ever. After Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830). The original oil is in Attingham Park, a National Trust property.
Whitman 96, predating the state I.
[Ref: 41874] £240.00