FDA-E.3366-2026
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.3366-2026
Object type
Identification
Title
Sir Giles Rooke
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Print of a seated man in profie from the chest up; wears a dark jacket, with powdered wig
Description
Content (person)
Rooke, Giles (Sir), 1743 - 1808 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 488mm
width (actual size): 331mm
width (actual size): 331mm
Inscription
Lettered, below print: 'Sir Giles Rooke / Geo. Dance delt / Published by Willm. Daniell, No. 9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square London, April 1. 1809. / Wm. Daniell Fecit.'
Materials & techniques note
Soft-ground etching
Production
Person
Dance, the younger, George, 1741 - 1825 (Source artist)
Daniell, William, 1769 - 1837 (Engraver)
Daniell, William (R. A.), 1769 - 1837 (Publisher)
Daniell, William, 1769 - 1837 (Engraver)
Daniell, William (R. A.), 1769 - 1837 (Publisher)
Date
01/04/1809
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Abdalla Mirghani; by whom presented to Eton College in 2024
