FDA-E.1293-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1293-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Earl of Wilton
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Proof
Other number
SW 30
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 662mm
width (actual size): 391mm
width (actual size): 391mm
Inscription
Inscribed 'Thomas Egerton 1st Earl of Wilton 1st State before title', 'Lord Grey...Wilton' on back in pencil
Inscription description
Stamped with collector's marks 'GWS' lower left
Materials & techniques note
Mezzotint
Physical description
Roughly cut to size
Production
Person
Date
18th century
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of George Warren Swire (1883-1949); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
References
• O'Donoghue, F., Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol.IV, The British Museum, 1912 (p. 514)
