Engraved by Barlow, from an Original Drawing.
1796.
Scarce coloured engraving. 145 x 120mm (5¾ x 4¾"). Trimmed into plate and backed onto album paper at margins.
Portrait of George Tierney (1761 - 1830), Irish Whig politician. For much of his career he was in opposition to the governments of William Pitt and Lord Liverpool. From 1818 to 1821 he was Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons.
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