print
- Museum number
- O,7.299
- Title
- Series: Birch's Heads
- Description
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Portrait of James Douglas, Earl of Morton, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a tall hat and brocaded jacket; in an architectural oval with curtain beyond; state before publisher's address. 1740
Engraving
- Production date
- 1740
- Dimensions
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Height: 375 millimetres
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Width: 236 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For comment on the series see also 1844,0511.13. For another impression of the same state see 1868,0822.6661. For an impression of a bust turning right set within an oval, without surrounding detail, see also 1868,0822.6771.
An impression of a later state with letters is held in the National Portrait Gallery, London, inv.no.D31610, and described as 'after an unknown artist. This plate was engraved in Amsterdam.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Engraved by Mr Houbraken and by Mr Vertue (London, 1743-1752)
- Acquisition date
- 1799
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- O,7.299
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: 1979,U.383