Portrait of George James Welbore Agar Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
Date
1830
Sitter
1st Baron Dover George James Welbore Agar-Ellis (1797 - 1833, British) , Politician
Creator
Edward Scriven (1775 - 1841, British) , Engraver
After
Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845, British) , Painter
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Dimensions
height (print): 186mm
width (print): 136mm
height (paper support): 207mm
width (paper support): 152mm
width (print): 136mm
height (paper support): 207mm
width (paper support): 152mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of George James Welbore Agar Ellis, 1st Baron Dover facing forward and looking off to the right as viewed. He has short curled hair with side-whiskers and wears regency-style clothes with a pocket watch.
Inscribed ‘Painted by T Philips R.A. Engraved by E Scriven. THE HONBLE GEORGE-JAMES-WELBORE AGAR ELLIS. M.P. F.R.S. F.A.S. FISHER SON & CO LONDON 1830’ facsimile signature below and pencilled ‘1816’.
George James Welbore Agar Ellis, 1st Baron Dover (1797-1833) was a British politician, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.19.
Inscribed ‘Painted by T Philips R.A. Engraved by E Scriven. THE HONBLE GEORGE-JAMES-WELBORE AGAR ELLIS. M.P. F.R.S. F.A.S. FISHER SON & CO LONDON 1830’ facsimile signature below and pencilled ‘1816’.
George James Welbore Agar Ellis, 1st Baron Dover (1797-1833) was a British politician, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.19.
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