FDA-E.3372-2026
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.3372-2026
Object type
Identification
Title
The Right Honourable Sir John Eardley Wilmot
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length, black & white, printed portrait of a man, slightly turned to the left; wearing a powdered wig, light jacket, wasitcoat and cravat; small blemish on forehead near hairline
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height: 557mm
width (actual size): 362mm
width (actual size): 362mm
Inscription
Lettered below image: 'THE RIGHT HONOURABLE / SIR JOHN EARDLEY WILMOT. KNT / Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. / From an original picture by SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS in the Possession of his Son / JOHN WILMOT. ESQ. / Drawn by J. Jackson, Engraved by W. Evans. / PUBLISHED DEC. 21. 1811, BY T. CADELL & W. DAVIES, STRAND, LONDON'
Materials & techniques note
Stipple engraving
Production
Person
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723 - 1792 (Source artist)
Jackson, John, 1778 - 1831 (Copyist)
Evans, William (Engraver)
Jackson, John, 1778 - 1831 (Copyist)
Evans, William (Engraver)
Organisation
Cadell & Davies (Publisher)
Date
21/12/1811
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Abdalla Mirghani; by whom presented to Eton College in 2024
