Live Auction 5467The Althorp Attic Sale - Including the Spencer Carriages
Henry Edridge, A.R.A. (1769-1821)
Lot 464

Henry Edridge, A.R.A. (1769-1821)

Portrait of George Macartney, 1st Earl of Macartney, K.B. (1737-1806), full-length, wearing the Garter Star, a letter in high right hand

Closed8 July 2010

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GBP 812

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Henry Edridge, A.R.A. (1769-1821)
Portrait of George Macartney, 1st Earl of Macartney, K.B. (1737-1806), full-length, wearing the Garter Star, a letter in high right hand
signed and dated 'Edridge 1801' (lower left)
pencil and monochrome wash on paper
12¼ x 8¾ in. (31.1 x 22.2 cm.)

Specialist note

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney was a statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat. He was appointed envoy extraordinary to Russia 1764. He became Governor of the British West Indies in 1775 and was enobled as Baron Macartney in the Irish Peerage. By 1780 he was Governor of Madras and was created Earl Macartney in 1792 when he became the first envoy of Britain to China.