Portrait of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth
Date
ca. 19th century
Sitter
George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth (1755 - 1810) , Politician
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845, British) , Portraitist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 121mm
width (print): 97mm
height (paper support): 140mm
width (paper support): 115mm
width (print): 97mm
height (paper support): 140mm
width (paper support): 115mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth, seated in a wooden chair with carved lion detail to the arm. He is dressed in fine clothes of silk waistcoat, velvet jacket and is wearing garter sash.
Inscribed ‘George Earl of Dartmouth, K.G. F.R. & A. S. Late a Vice President of the Society.’
George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth (1755-1810) British politician, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1781.
Inscribed ‘George Earl of Dartmouth, K.G. F.R. & A. S. Late a Vice President of the Society.’
George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth (1755-1810) British politician, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1781.
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