Antique copper engraving 1855

Portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, after painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, engraved by S. Freeman, stipple and line copper engraving, published by Blackie and Son, Edinburgh and London, 1855.

Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA FRS (13 April 1769 - 7 January 1830) was a leading English portrait painter and the fourth president of the Royal Academy.

Samuel Freeman (1773-1857) was an English engraver.

Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore (1761-1809) was a British Army general, also known as Moore of Corunna. He is best known for his military training reforms and for his death at the Battle of Corunna, in which he repulsed a French army under Marshal Soult during the Peninsular War. After the war General Sarrazin wrote a French history of the battle, which nonetheless may have been written in light of subsequent events, stating that "Whatever Buonaparte may assert, Soult was most certainly repulsed at Corunna; and the British gained a defensive victory, though dearly purchased with the loss of their brave general Moore, who was alike distinguished for his private virtues, and his military talents".

Artwork will be mailed unframed.

US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ----------- $9.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-6 weeks) --- $22.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) ---- $28.50

Heavy stock paper, c.4.1/4" x 5.1/4" (109mm x 135mm), the plate size 5.3/4 x 9.1/2" (148mm x 238mm); some foxing, good+ condition.