print
- Museum number
- Q,2.79.+
- Description
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Portrait of Sir James Leith, bust to front, head turned and looking to the right, in uniform with two stars on his left chest; arms below with motto: 'Badajoz'; after John Wright; private plate. 1816
Stipple with etching, printed on chine collé
- Production date
- 1816
- Dimensions
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Height: 302 millimetres
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Width: 212 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Alexander's report to the Trustees dated December 1815 records that only 18 impressions were printed from the plate.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1816
- Acquisition notes
- Inscribed in pencil in lower margin: "Presented by Mr Picart". The gift is recorded in the 'Book of Donations 1756-1823' on the 10 February 1816 as the gift of Mr Picart. The plus number shows that this is a later addition to the album.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Q,2.79.+