General The Right Honourable Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, GCB (1772-1842) (after Henry William Pickersgill RA)
Charles Turner, RA (Woodstock 1773 - London 1857)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1834
Materials
Engraving on paper, card mount, wood and glass
Measurements
730 x 500 mm
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608022
Summary
Print, mezzotint, General The Right Honourable Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, GCB (1772-1842) (after Henry William Pickersgill RA) by Charles Turner, RA (Woodstock 1773 - London 1857). A full-length portrait of Lord Hill, standing, wearing full military uniform and holding a tricorn hat. His horse held by a soldier standing to the right. Bleak landscape in the background. Dated 1834. Pasted to a rectangular card backing.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
printed details of publisher, title and artist along bottom.
Makers and roles
Charles Turner, RA (Woodstock 1773 - London 1857), engraver (printmaker) after Henry William Pickersgill, RA (London 1782 – London 1875), artist