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A portrait

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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827

A portrait

[London] : Pubd January 10th 1812 by H Humphrey 27 St James's Street, [1812]
etching, hand colored
image: 259 x 208 mm; plate mark: 272 x 221 mm; sheet: 284 x 232 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.258
Notes
Attributed to Rowlandson by George and Grego.
Library's copy has pencil inscription on verso mistakenly identifying the artist as James Gillray.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Full length portrait of the Duke of Cumberland in profile with his spy-glass to his right eye. He holds hat and cane, wears a high-collared coat with a star, blue with red facings (the Windsor uniform), leather breeches, and spurred top-boots. Behind is the pagoda in Kew Gardens.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints