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Object Type
Museum number: Q,1.12
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
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Production date: 1719
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Dimensions: Height: 341 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 250 millimetres (trimmed)
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Curator's comments: 'Skipper' was the cant nickname for a person of strong Hanoverian partisanship. The traditional identification of the sitter with the 6th Earl of Haddington is confirmed by the appearance in the sale of the contents of Tyninghame in East Lothian (the estate of the Earls of Haddington) in 1987 (Sotheby house sale, 28-9 September 1987, lot 582) of 59 impressions of this mezzotint.
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
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Acquisition date: 1799
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Q,1.12

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