Marquis Cornwallis
Portrait of Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquess Cornwallis, 1738-1805
Printmaker:
Ward, James
Publisher:
Poggi, Antonio Cesare
Painter:
Beechey, William
(After)
Given by Louis C. G. Clarke, Trinity Hall, April 1958
Method of acquisition: Given (1958) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1799
Inscriptions on bottom "Marquis Cornwallis, Lord Lieutenant and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in the Kingdom of Ireland; knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Master General of the Ordenance &c &c &c" and "Painted by Sir W. Beechey RA" and "Engraved by J Ward" and "London, Published Jany 1. 1799, by A.C. de Poggi, No 91 New Bond Street".
Accession number: P.40-1958
Primary reference Number: 206139
Chaloner Smith: 13.II
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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