Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.1929
Looking for a special gift? Buy a print of this image.
Portrait of George William Frederick Howard
Date
ca. 1825
Sitter
George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802 - 1864, British) , Politician
Creator
Henry Richard Cook (British) , Engraver
After
Joseph Slater (1782 - 1837, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 269mm
width (print): 162mm
width (print): 162mm
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Viscount Morpeth (later the Earl of Carlisle) wearing a black suit and tie with a white shirt and high collar.
Inscribed below: “ENGRAVED BY H.COOK Copied by permission from an Original Picture in the possession of his Lordship. LONDON. JOHN DOWDING. NEWGATE STREET.” With a facsimile signature “Morpeth” Inscribed in pencil lower left: “16 Ap 1862” [?] and “1847”.
George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1847.
Inscribed below: “ENGRAVED BY H.COOK Copied by permission from an Original Picture in the possession of his Lordship. LONDON. JOHN DOWDING. NEWGATE STREET.” With a facsimile signature “Morpeth” Inscribed in pencil lower left: “16 Ap 1862” [?] and “1847”.
George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1847.
Transcription
ENGRAVED BY H.COOK Copied by permission from an Original Picture in the possession of his Lordship. LONDON. JOHN DOWDING. NEWGATE STREET
16 Ap 1862 [?]
1847
16 Ap 1862 [?]
1847
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.50. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
Associated place