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Foster 871
- Record Id:
- 032-003264724
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000495
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 871
- Title:
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Head and shoulders portrait of the Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General 1798 to 1805, wearing a black coat with white cravat and the star of the Order of St Patrick, with a stormy sky behind. Artist(s): Place, George (c.1760-1805)
- Scope & Content:
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Head and shoulders portrait of the Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General 1798 to 1805, wearing a black coat with white cravat and the star of the Order of St. Patrick, with a stormy sky behind.
Oil on panel, .44.5 by 35 cms.
Purchased 1993.
A signed miniature dated 1802 of the Marquess by Place was formerly in the collection of the Hon. John Fremantle. This panel painting appears to be a modello for it, since it is the same on a larger scale.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Oil Paintings
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264724
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264724
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1802
- End Date:
- 1802
- Date Range:
- 1802
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: oil paint; board
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Place, George, c 1760-1805
Wellesley, Richard Colley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, 1760-1842 - Subjects:
- Portraits