Portrait of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer
Date
1800
Sitter
1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer Robert Harley (1661 - 1724, British) , Statesman
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
E & S Harding, Publisher
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 133mm
height (paper support): 214mm
width (paper support): 144mm
width (print): 133mm
height (paper support): 214mm
width (paper support): 144mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, in three-quarter profile to the left as viewed. He wears full-length periwig and is dressed in robes of the Order of the Garter. He has the white staff of the Lord High Treasurer to his left as viewed and has the Garter Collar and Great George around his neck. In an oval frame.
Inscribed ‘ROBERT HARLEY EARL of OXFORD. Pubd. 12 July 1800 by S Harding 127 Pall Mall.’
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (1661-1724) British statesman, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p58.
Inscribed ‘ROBERT HARLEY EARL of OXFORD. Pubd. 12 July 1800 by S Harding 127 Pall Mall.’
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (1661-1724) British statesman, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p58.
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