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Object Type
Museum number: 1902,1011.4604
Title: Object: Simon the Dutch Skipper
Description: Portrait of Thomas Hamilton, Sixth Earl of Haddington, half length in an oval, wearing round hat, plain cloak, and ribbon hanging from collar. 1719 Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: John Smith, the mezzotinter; After: William Aikman
School/style
Production date: 1719
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 343 millimetres; Width: 254 millimetres
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Curator's comments: According to CS (p. 1177): 'The title to the print is supposed to be an allusion to the attachment of the personage to the Hanoverian interest'.
Bibliographic references: Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (122); Russell 1926 / English Mezzotint Portraits and their states: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezzotinto Portraits" (122.II)
Location: Not on display
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1902
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1902,1011.4604

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