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Engraver George Shea Irish
After (?) Thomas Gainsborough British
Sitter Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquis Cornwallis British
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Title: The Most Noble Charles Marquis Cornwallis
Engraver:
George Shea (Irish, active 1790–1814)
Artist:
After (?) Thomas Gainsborough (British, Sudbury 1727–1788 London)
Sitter:
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquis Cornwallis (British, London 1738–1805 Ghazipur, India)
Date: July 1798 (?)
Medium: Etching and stipple engraving
Dimensions:
Image: 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (8.2 × 6.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 4 5/8 in. (17.9 × 11.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Object Number: 24.90.254
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