BIB_ID
206198
Accession number
MA 10674
Creator
Ireland, Samuel, d. 1800, engraver.
Published
[London] : Published ... by I. Cary, Nr. 188, Strand, Setpr. 9, 1785.
Description
1 print : etching with hand coloring ; plate mark: 8 9/16 x 6 7/16 in. (216 x 164 mm.)
Notes
Picture caption, printed under image: Died 30th June 1785 Aged 102 said to be the oldest General in Europe - Sketch'd from life at the sale of Dr. Johnsons books Feb 18, 1785 where the Gen was reading a book he had purchas'd without spectacles - In 1706 he had an Ensign commission in the Guards & remember'd to have shot snipes in Conduit mead where Conduit Street now stands.
Summary
Full-length portrait of James Oglethorpe, English general and philanthropist, seated, in left profile.
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