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Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British, Admiral George Edgcumbe, first Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 1760
- Title:
Admiral George Edgcumbe, first Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
- Additional Title(s):
Admiral George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
Lord Edgecumbe, George, 1st Earl of Mount Edgecumbe
- Date:
- 1760
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 3/16 × 10 7/8 inches (38.6 × 27.6 cm), Image: 13 1/4 × 10 13/16 inches (33.6 × 27.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower center: "Georges Lord Edgecumbe | Come to the title by the Death of his Brother 1761 Treasurer of teh household 1765 moved Nov 27 1766"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12891
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- admiral | clouds | coast | coat | cravat | cuffs | embroidery | gesturing | lace | marine art | meteorology | military uniform | navy | ocean | pointing | portrait | posing | ribbon | rocks (landforms) | sails | science | ship | storm | waves (natural events)
- Associated People:
- Edgcumbe, Admiral George, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, PC (1720–1795), naval officer and politician
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38569
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