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Portrait of William Martin Leake [drawing].

Accession number
PML 146391.30
Creator
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853.
Published
19th century
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Part of a large collection of prints, drawings, and letters bound into an extra-illustrated copy of Thomas Moore's Letters and journals of Lord Byron (PML 146390-97); assembled by collector David Langton and formerly in the possession of John Dillon and Gordon Ray.
Attribution based on inscription.
Description
1 drawing.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil below at left: G.P. Harding; below center: Col. Leake.
Provenance
David Langton; John Dillon; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Half-length seated portrait of Col. Leake after the portrait painting by Christian Albrecht Jensen, the subject facing slightly left, with a classical vase visible behind him at far left.
Classification
Department