The Right Hon-ble. Charles Earl Cornwallis, from the "London Magazine"
This vignette bust-length profile portrait, facing right, shows Cornwallis wearing an ermine edged cloak over a jacket and white-collared shirt, as well as a short wig. The ermine points to the sitter's nobility. In June 1781, Cornwallis was in America, fighting as a British general in the American Revolutionary War. Five months after this print appeared he would surrender his army at Yorktown to a combined American-French force, bringing hostilities effectively to an end.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Right Hon-ble. Charles Earl Cornwallis, from the "London Magazine"
- Engraver: Anonymous, British, 18th century
- Sitter: Charles, Earl Cornwallis (British, London 1738–1805 Ghazipur, India)
- Date: June 1781
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 5 1/2 × 3 15/16 in. (14 × 10 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 4 3/4 in. (18.8 × 12 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1983
- Object Number: 83.2.552
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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