Henry Earl of Harewood, Viscount Lascelles & Baron Harewood. Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of the County of York.
Painted by John Jackson Esq.r R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds Engraver to the King.
Pub.d by the Engraver Bayswater June 1820.
Mezzotint. 430 x 330mm (17 x 13"), with very large margins. A little wear to edges of margins.
A three-quarter length portrait of Henry Lascelles (1767-1841), published the year he became the 2nd Earl of Harewood. He had been MP for Yorkshire (1796-1806 & 1812-18), Westbury (1807-12), Pontefract (1812) and Northallerton (1818-20). He also served as Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (1819-41). After the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, Lascelles received a £26,307 (now worth £2.5 million) in compensation for the 1277 slaves he owned in Barbados and Jamaica.
Whitman 131.
[Ref: 55228] £260.00
Pub.d by the Engraver Bayswater June 1820.
Mezzotint. 430 x 330mm (17 x 13"), with very large margins. A little wear to edges of margins.
A three-quarter length portrait of Henry Lascelles (1767-1841), published the year he became the 2nd Earl of Harewood. He had been MP for Yorkshire (1796-1806 & 1812-18), Westbury (1807-12), Pontefract (1812) and Northallerton (1818-20). He also served as Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (1819-41). After the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, Lascelles received a £26,307 (now worth £2.5 million) in compensation for the 1277 slaves he owned in Barbados and Jamaica.
Whitman 131.
[Ref: 55228] £260.00