The Honourable Richard Edgecumbe
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1723-1792
1773-1835
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Medium
wove paper
mezzotint
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Width: 16.4 cm
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Inscription: S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t //
Inscription: THE HON.LE R.D EDGECUMBE. / Proof //
Inscription: 85 / III //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: RA1774(222)C //
Inscription: Sir Joshua Reynolds / 250th Anniversary Exhib. City Art Gallery, Plymouth 1973 //
Label: Lit: / E.K.W., p 64 / 77 Hon Richard Edgcumbe 1774 / Mezzotint engraving, 0.22 x 0.165 / Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. / The original portrait by Reynolds, 0.76 x 0.62, was exhibited at the R.A. / 1774 (222) and hung at Mount Edgcumbe, where it was destryoed by / enemy action during World War II. / Richard (b. 1764), later 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and Lord / Lieutenant of Cornwall, was the son of George, 1st Earl of Mount / Edgcumbe (no. 19 & 70) and his wife Emma Gilbert (no. 71). In 1789 / he married Sophia (d. 1806), daughter of 2nd Earl of Buckingham. / Lent by the trustees of the Cottonian Collection. //
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No. 71 on p. 152
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