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[Richard Colley Wellesley] Marquis Wellesley.
Engraved by Jn.º Young, Engraver to H.R.H the Prince of Wales from a Bust Modelled after Life by J.Nollekins, R.A. From a Drawing by G.A.Konan.
[London Published, Jany.1st.1809, by the Engraver No. 65, Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 485 x 355mm (19 x 14"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line at bottom, chips and tears in edges. Bit messy.
A bust portrait of Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), politician and colonial administrator who expanded the British Empire in India and sought reconciliation between Protestants and Catholics in Ireland. The eldest son of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, he was the older brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
CS: 68. ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65967] £250.00
[London Published, Jany.1st.1809, by the Engraver No. 65, Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 485 x 355mm (19 x 14"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line at bottom, chips and tears in edges. Bit messy.
A bust portrait of Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), politician and colonial administrator who expanded the British Empire in India and sought reconciliation between Protestants and Catholics in Ireland. The eldest son of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, he was the older brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
CS: 68. ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65967] £250.00