£25 Francis Egerton Duke of Bridgewater
1831
Ref: p6017.27
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9x16 cm
THE MOST NOBLE FRANCIS EGERTON, DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER.
Bridgewater.
29.th Sept.r 1788.
Painted by Craig. | Engraved by E. Scriven.
FISHER, SON & Co. LONDON.1831
Steel line and stipple engraving by Edward Scriven (1775-1841) the leading English portrait engraver of his time with 210 portraits ascribed to him by The National Portrait Gallery.
Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater (1736-1803) was a pioneer of canal construction and commissioned the Bridgewater Canal built by John Gilbert and James Brindley to service his coal mines at Worsel, Lancashire. The Bridgewater Canal is regarded as the first true canal in Britain.
Fine engraving, hand coloured.
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