Original 1835 portrait of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, third Marquess of Lansdowne, engraved by H. Cook after the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence. He stands three-quarter length in a dark frock coat and white stock, leaning on a pedestal.
Original 1835 portrait of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, third Marquess of Lansdowne, engraved by H. Cook after the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence. He stands three-quarter length in a dark frock coat and white stock, leaning on a pedestal.
Lansdowne (1780-1863) was Chancellor of the Exchequer at twenty-five and one of the most influential Whig figures of the century; Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy, was the great British portraitist of the Regency.
Medium: Mezzotint.
Artist / after: Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.
Engraver: H. Cook.
Date: 1835.
Dimensions: 3.7 x 5.2 in (9.4 x 13.2 cm).
Condition: Sheet trimmed very close along the left margin, cutting into part of the painter's credit line; light scattered stains. Image complete and well inked.