Portrait of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt
Date
1768
Sitter
1st Earl Harcourt Simon Harcourt (1714 - 1777) , Diplomat
Creator
D P Pariset (1740, French) , Engraver
After
Pierre Etienne Falconet (1741 - 1791, French) , Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 178mm
width (print): 130mm
height (paper support): 226mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 130mm
height (paper support): 226mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Simon Harcourt in left profile. He wears buckled wig with queue and is dressed in a coat with shirt and necktie. In a round frame.
Inscribed ‘EARL of HARCOURT. P Falconet de. 1768. D. Pariset Sculpt.’ Pencilled ‘1752’ in the lower left hand corner.
Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl of Harcourt (1714-1777) British diplomat and Viceroy to Ireland, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p32.
Inscribed ‘EARL of HARCOURT. P Falconet de. 1768. D. Pariset Sculpt.’ Pencilled ‘1752’ in the lower left hand corner.
Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl of Harcourt (1714-1777) British diplomat and Viceroy to Ireland, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p32.
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