Portrait of George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend
Date
1796
Sitter
2nd Marquess Townshend George Townshend (1755 - 1811) , Politician
Creator
Charles Bestland (1763, British) , Engraver
After
Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792, British) , Painter
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Dimensions
height (print): 257mm
width (print): 190mm
height (paper support): 278mm
width (paper support): 208mm
width (print): 190mm
height (paper support): 278mm
width (paper support): 208mm
Description
Half-length portrait of George Townshend, head truned to the right as viewed and looking into distance. He wears military uniform and tied hair. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt. C. Bestland. The Right Honble The EARL of LEICESTER. Published March 1. 1796, by C. Bestlands, West-End, Hampstead' and pencilled ‘Lord de Ferrers Elec 1781. Lord de Ferrers, 1781. 5/'.
George Townshend was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1781.
Inscribed ‘Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt. C. Bestland. The Right Honble The EARL of LEICESTER. Published March 1. 1796, by C. Bestlands, West-End, Hampstead' and pencilled ‘Lord de Ferrers Elec 1781. Lord de Ferrers, 1781. 5/'.
George Townshend was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1781.
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