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[Francis Rawdon Hastings] Right Hon.ble Earl of Moira. Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in North Britain &c. &c. &c. From the original picture in the possession of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Painted by Jn.o Hoppner R.A. Portrait Painter to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Engraved by Jn.o Young Engraver in Mezzotinto to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London July 15 1805, Published by the Engraver, No 65 Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square; and in Edinburgh, by W.m Walker, Buccheugh Rents, and D. McIntosh, No 15, St Andrews Street.
Mezzotint. 665 x 415mm (26¼ x 16¼"), with large margins. Tears repaired in margins.
Full-length portrait of Francis Rawdon Hastings (1754-1826), first Marquess of Hastings and second Earl of Moira, in uniform. 'North Britain' (or Scotland) was one of the military districts created on the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars. After serving with distinction in the American Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, he was appointed Governor-General of India in 1813, overseeing 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.
CS 54, state ii.
[Ref: 52159] £480.00
London July 15 1805, Published by the Engraver, No 65 Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square; and in Edinburgh, by W.m Walker, Buccheugh Rents, and D. McIntosh, No 15, St Andrews Street.
Mezzotint. 665 x 415mm (26¼ x 16¼"), with large margins. Tears repaired in margins.
Full-length portrait of Francis Rawdon Hastings (1754-1826), first Marquess of Hastings and second Earl of Moira, in uniform. 'North Britain' (or Scotland) was one of the military districts created on the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars. After serving with distinction in the American Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, he was appointed Governor-General of India in 1813, overseeing 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.
CS 54, state ii.
[Ref: 52159] £480.00