Description: Portrait of The Right Hon Robert Stewart, Marquess of Londonderry with facsimile signature. After the painting by Thomas Lawrence P.R.A. the artist and here engraved by G. Adcock. Published: National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages of the Nineteenth Century. Fisher, Son & Co. 1832. Condition: Very good, fine steel engraving. Engraved image size including facsimile signature approx 5.75" x 3.5" (145mm x 90mm) Mount: Smoke Grey 10" x 8" (255mm x 205mm) Ready to frame. Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCH, PC, PC (Ire) (18 June 1769 – 12 August 1822), usually known as Lord Castlereagh, derived from the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh by which he was styled from 1796 to 1821, was an Anglo-Irish statesman. As British Foreign Secretary, from 1812 he was central to the management of the coalition that defeated Napoleon. He was the principal British diplomat at the Congress of Vienna. Castlereagh was also leader of the British House of Commons in the Liverpool government from 1812 until his suicide. Early in his career, as Chief Secretary for Ireland, he was involved in putting down the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and was instrumental in securing the passage of the Irish Act of Union of 1800. Another genuine antique print over 180 years old
Price: 32 GBP
Location: Bourne End
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Artist: Thomas Lawrence P.R.A. & G. Adcock
Originality: Original
Item condition: Good- please read full description below
Size: Small (up to 12in.)
Date of Creation: Antique (Pre-1900)
Item Length: N/A
Region of Origin: London
Source (Media Type): Book
Colour: Black & White
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Year of Production: c1832
Listed by Self-Representing Artist?: No
Width (Inches): 8"
Item Height: N/A
Style: Realism
Features: Matted, Limited Edition
Item Width: N/A
Culture: english
Time Period Produced: 1800-1849
Date Printed: c1832
Color: Black engraved
Material: Engraving, Paper
Provenance/Origin: Please scroll down - see detail below
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Portrait Famous People
Print Surface: Wove Paper
Type: Print
Original/ Repro: Original
Verso: Blank
Height (Inches): 10"
Theme: People
Production Technique: Steel engraved
