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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1917,1208.2461
Title: Object: The Marquis of Granby Relieving the Distressed Soldier and his Family
Description: Granby seen whole-length on horseback to left in landscape, addressing dejected soldier sitting at side of road, his wife and two children standing, imploring Granby; further soldiers on horseback seen beyond; proof before letters, but with scratched production and publication detail. 1769 Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: Richard Houston; After: Edward Penny; Published by: Robert Sayer
School/style: British
Production date: 1769
Materials: paper
Technique: mezzotint
Dimensions: Height: 430 millimetres; Width: 499 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (49)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: soldier; poverty
Associated names: Portrait of: John Manners, Marquess of Granby
Acquisition name: Donated by: Nan Ino Cooper, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell and Lady Dingwall; In Memory of: Auberon Thomas Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell and 5th Lord Dingwall
Acquisition date: 1917
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1917,1208.2461

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