Francis Grose Esqr. F.S.A.

Engraver William Ridley , British, 1764-1838

Copyist Nathaniel Dance-Holland , British, 1735-1811

After Nathaniel Hone the Elder , Irish, 1718-1784

Title

MediumStipple

Dimensions

Plate: 20.5 x 12.1 cm

Sheet: 21 x 12.9 cm

Credit LinePurchased, 1898

Object numberNGI.11157

DescriptionFrancis Grose, (1731-1791), antiquarian and watercolourist. Plate for 'European Magazine', June 1797. This print was made after a drawing of 1787 by Nathaniel Dance (now in Scottish National Portrait Gallery) after a lost painting by Nathaniel Hone the Elder.
Inscriptionlower centre (under image, lettered): N. Dance delin / W. Ridley sculp / FRANCIS GROSE ESQR F.S.A. /Published by J. Sewell Cornhill, June 1 1797