Portrait of General Edward Cornwallis, Governor of Gibraltar and groom of the bedchamber to George II

Strawberry Hill ID: sh-000243
Eccardt, John Giles (British painter, d. 1779)


Painting
[Private Collection]

Strawberry Hill History

Location: Gallery

1774 Description: Heads in the upper line, begin from the left:...General Edward Cornwallis, governor of Gibraltar and groom of the bedchamber to George 2d. by Eckardt. (71)

1784 Description: Text same as 1774 Description (52)

Sale Text: A portrait of General Edward Cornwallis, Governor of Gibraltar and Groom of the Bedchamber to George II, by Eckhardt.

Object History

Provenance: Horace Walpole; 1842, May 18, Strawberry Hill Sale, Day 21, Lot 106 bt Money £3.13.6; Private Collection (as stated in Oxford DNB entry).