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[Richard Colley Wellesley] [Richard Marquess Wellesley, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, &c. &c. &c.]
Painted by Sir Tho.s Lawrence P.R.A. Principle Painter in Ordinary to His Majesty. Engraved by C. Turner Warren Street Fitzroy Square.
London, Published May 28, 1815, by Mess.rs Colnaghi & C.º Cockspur Street, Hay Market.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 545 x 405mm (21½ x 16"). Slight spotting and stainng in margins.
Three-quarter seated portrait of Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), Marquess Wellesley, wearing garter star partly obscured by his lapel and ribbon with medal around his neck, his left hand just visible, curtain behind. He first made his name as fifth Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805. He later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1799, his forces invaded Mysore and defeated Tipu, the Sultan of Mysore, in a major battle. He also initiated the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
Whitman 598, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66157] £280.00
London, Published May 28, 1815, by Mess.rs Colnaghi & C.º Cockspur Street, Hay Market.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 545 x 405mm (21½ x 16"). Slight spotting and stainng in margins.
Three-quarter seated portrait of Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), Marquess Wellesley, wearing garter star partly obscured by his lapel and ribbon with medal around his neck, his left hand just visible, curtain behind. He first made his name as fifth Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805. He later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1799, his forces invaded Mysore and defeated Tipu, the Sultan of Mysore, in a major battle. He also initiated the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
Whitman 598, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66157] £280.00