FDA-E.144-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.144-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
William Legge
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The sitter was the second son of the 2nd Earl of Dartmouth.
Only state
Only state
Other number
STO 284
Description
Content (person)
Legge, William, 1757 - 1784 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Feigned oval frame
Dimensions
height (actual size): 327mm
width (actual size): 226mm
width (actual size): 226mm
Inscription
Inscribed in pencil on reverse 'The Late Marquis of Hertford when a boy'
Physical description
Cut to size
Production
Person
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723 - 1792 (Source artist)
Spilsbury, John, 1739 - 1769 (Engraver)
Spilsbury, John, 1739 - 1769 (Publisher)
Spilsbury, John, 1739 - 1769 (Engraver)
Spilsbury, John, 1739 - 1769 (Publisher)
Date
31/05/1764
History and association
Previous ownership
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. 45)
