2007.6131

iBase ID

8956

Title

'Viscount Melbourne', 1839.

Short Title

2007.6131

Collection

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

Sub collection

Prints, watercolours and drawings

Accession Number

2007.6131

Description

Mezzotint, 228 x 305 mm (plate size). Engraved by Edward McInnes after a painting by Sir Thomas Laurence. Published in London, November 1 1839, by Hodgson and Graves, Her Majesty's Printsellers, 6 Pall Mall. Portrait of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848). This mezzotint is engraved after a portrait painted c.1805, around the occasion of Viscount Melbourne's marriage. He went on to become Home Secretary in 1830-1834 and Prime Minister in 1834 and 1835-1841.

Description (In House)

Original painting in NPG: http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp03045&rNo=0&role=sit They also hold this print:http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp03045&rNo=14&role=sit.

Type of Original

mezzotint

Original Photographer or Artist

Laurence, T.

Date of Original

1839

Period of Original

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Neg No.

PX9268

High Resolution File Name

PX9268melbourne.tif

High Resolution CD No

CD 876

Raw File CD No

CD 876

Scanned From

8)original print

Scanned By

Amy Cooke

Location in Image

[not applicable].

Exhibited

Faces 2008

Compiled By

Amy Cooke

Date Compiled

05/03/2008

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Subjects

Materials > Paper

Object Names > Print

People > People - general > Adults

People > People - general > Portrait: individual

Society > Government and politics > Prime Minister