Engraving
Portrait
Maker & role
Cadell & Davies, Publisher; H Meyer, Engraver; J Wright, Artist
Production date
21 Nov 1810
Object detail
Title
Henry Bathurst, Third Earl of Bathurst (1762-1834)
Production place
Collection
Measurements
0 - Whole, H: 26.2 x W: 17.4cm (H: 262 x W: 174mm)
Subject person
Credit line
Purchase, 1992
Elizabeth Bay House Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Elizabeth Bay House Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Description
Steel plate engraving by Henry Meyer, published by Cadell & Davies, Strand, London, 1810 after Thomas Phillips. Half length seated portrait of "Henry Earl Bathurst...". Published 21 Nov. 1810... London.
Subject of the portrait is Henry Bathurst, Third Earl Bathurst (1762-1834). Bathurst was Secretary of State for War & the Colonies 1812-1827, during the final phase of the Napoleonic Wars (which concluded with the Battle of Waterloo in 1815) with responsibility for New South Wales during the governorships of Macquarie (1810-1821), Brisbane (1821-1825) and Darling (1825-1831). Bathurst's Ministry included the Transport Board of which Macleay was Secretary (1806-1818). Macleay's appointment as Colonial Secretary of NSW was initiated during Bathurst's term. Macquarie named the western NSW town of Bathurst after him. (Broadbent & Hughes (eds.) The Age of Macquarie, Melb. Uni Press HHTNSW, 1992)
Engraving of Bathurst believed to be in the collection of Alexander Macleay (see Brownlow Hill Inventory 1859)[REF: R.Griffin].
Subject of the portrait is Henry Bathurst, Third Earl Bathurst (1762-1834). Bathurst was Secretary of State for War & the Colonies 1812-1827, during the final phase of the Napoleonic Wars (which concluded with the Battle of Waterloo in 1815) with responsibility for New South Wales during the governorships of Macquarie (1810-1821), Brisbane (1821-1825) and Darling (1825-1831). Bathurst's Ministry included the Transport Board of which Macleay was Secretary (1806-1818). Macleay's appointment as Colonial Secretary of NSW was initiated during Bathurst's term. Macquarie named the western NSW town of Bathurst after him. (Broadbent & Hughes (eds.) The Age of Macquarie, Melb. Uni Press HHTNSW, 1992)
Engraving of Bathurst believed to be in the collection of Alexander Macleay (see Brownlow Hill Inventory 1859)[REF: R.Griffin].
Accession number
EB92/4-1
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