The Rt. Hon. Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Bottetourt (Primary Title)

Harry Ashby, English, 18th century (Artist)

1774
English
Works On Paper
Prints
stipple engraving in sanguine on laid paper
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 1/4 in. (34.93 × 26.04 cm)
Plate: 7 7/8 × 6 1/2 in. (20 × 16.51 cm)
Image (oval): 6 7/8 × 5 in. (17.46 × 12.7 cm)
65.25
Not on view
Printed within image above portrait: "The Right Hon.ble NORBORNE BERKELEY, BARON de BOTTETOURT, late Governor of Virginia." Printed beneath image lower center: "Done from a Medallion of the same size in the possession of John Norton Esq./ To the General Assembly of Virginia, this Plate is/ most humbly Inscrib'd by their Obliged humble Servant/ H. Ashby./ LONDON. Publish'd as the Act directs 21 March 1774, by H. Ashby Ruffle Court Covent Garden."
Council Graphic Arts Fund
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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