John Jones
approximately 1745-1797
[Edmund Burke] / J. Jones fecit.
Published
[London] : Publish'd as the Act directs, Feby 5th, 1787, by J. Jones, No 63, Great Portland Street, [1787]
stipple with etching
image: 131 x 111 mm (oval); plate mark: 214 x 138 mm; sheet: 227 x 152 mm
Peel 3168
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
With two lines in Latin engraved below the image.
After a portrait painting by George Romney.
With two lines in Latin engraved below the image.
After a portrait painting by George Romney.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Portrait of Edmund Burke, directed and looking to right, bust in an oval, wearing dark coat open, dark waistcoat open at the throat to show white cravat, with a monocle hanging from a chain around his neck, with his own hair down around the ears and tied at the nape. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
Associated names
Romney, George, 1734-1802, After.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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