print
- Museum number
- 1935,0413.88
- Description
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Portrait, three-quarter length almost in profile to left, left elbow resting on a gun beside the heavily decorated cuff of his coat, right hand holding out a short baton, wearing a breastplate with a sword at his side, and a short wig tied with a bow at the nape, looking towards the viewer, rocks to right, and a cavalry battle in the background to left; after Hudson; an altered plate from one of Charles Knowles
Mezzotint
- Production date
- 1755-1756
- Dimensions
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Height: 359 millimetres
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Width: 262 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- No impression is known with lettering, but the head, which has been changed from one of David Knowles, appears to be that of Lord Amherst. Layard suggests that it is the print by Johnson referred to by Chaloner Smith, II p.729.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1935
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1935,0413.88