George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield (1717-1790) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds)
Richard Earlom (London 1743 – London 1822)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1763 - 1822
Materials
Paper, Ink
Measurements
526 x 404 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 353613
Summary
Mezzotint. George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield (1717-1790) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) by Richard Earlom (London 1743 – London 1822). Published Nov 1st 1788 by John and Josiah Boydell, No.90 Cheapside, London. Engraved by Richard Earlom. Three quarter length portrait. Dressed in military uniform. Large key and chain in right hand. Background of clouds and cannon. Black and gilt frame.
Provenance
Part of the Courtauld-Thomson bequest of 1943, and transferred from Dorneywood via Queen Anne's Gate to Blickling Hall in 1989.
Makers and roles
Richard Earlom (London 1743 – London 1822), engraver after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist John Boydell I (Dorrington 1719 – Cheapside, London 1804), engraver and publisher Josiah Boydell (Hawarden 1752 – Halliford 1817), engraver and publisher