FDA-E.1267-2014

Object number

FDA-E.1267-2014

Object type

print

Title

Admiral Lord Rodney

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

2nd state of 2nd plate by J. Watson

Other number

SW 94

Content (person)

Rodney, George Bridges (1st Baron Rodney), c.1718 - 1792 (Sitter)

Dimensions

height (actual size): 395mm
width (actual size): 280mm

Inscription

Inscribed in pencil 'Admiral Ld Rodney' on front and 'Proof' on back

Inscription description

With collector's mark 'GWS' lower left corner

Person

Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723 - 1792 (Source artist)
Watson, James, 1739/40 - 1790 (Engraver)
Boydell, John, 1719 - 1804 (Publisher)

Date

01/05/1778

Object history note

Provenance: Collection of George Warren Swire (1883-1949); by whom bequeathed to Eton College

Previous ownership

Swire, George Warren, 1883 - 1949

References

• Hamilton, E., A Catalogue Raisonne of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., from 1755 to 1822, London: P&D Colnaghi and Co., 1884 (p. 60)

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