Title

George Canning as a boy, c1788, (1941). Artist: Unknown.

Caption

George Canning as a boy, c1788, (1941). British statesman and Tory politician George Canning (1770-1827) served as prime minister for the last four months of his life. Illustration after a portrait painted shortly before Canning left Eton public school in 1788, one of the last works by Gainsborough. From British Statesmen, by Enest Barker. [Collins, London, 1941]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1941

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D45_158

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

38,2Mb (1,1Mb) / 11,1in x 13,4in / 3320 x 4024 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male boy boys child children man men politics guy teenager teenagers British color colour schoolchildren century Britain schoolchild schoolboy schoolboys politician 18th century Eighteenth Century statesman The Print Collector George Canning George Thomas Gainsborough portrait Unknown Canning Ernest Barker Gainsborough Thomas Ernest Barker Sir Ernest Barker Sir Ernest Ernest Barker portrait