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Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Douglas

Print
22/10/1770 (published)
Artist/Maker
Green, Valentine (engraver)
Willison, George (publisher)
Willison, George (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Print, half-length portrait of a man in a medallion, supported on a plinth by a figure of Justice; the plinth bears two medallion portraits, in profile, of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield and Charles Pratt, 1st Earl of Camden. At the foot of the plinth, trampled underfoot, lies the figure of Deceit, holding a mask.

Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Scotland
Object type
Print
TitleArchibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Douglas (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint on paper
Paper
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Douglas, mezzotint by Valentine Green after George Willison, 1770.
Physical description
Print, half-length portrait of a man in a medallion, supported on a plinth by a figure of Justice; the plinth bears two medallion portraits, in profile, of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield and Charles Pratt, 1st Earl of Camden. At the foot of the plinth, trampled underfoot, lies the figure of Deceit, holding a mask.
Dimensions
  • Height: 61cm
  • Width: 42.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
British School
Copy number
2nd state
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'G. Willison pinxt. Val. Green fecit To His Grace Charles Duke of Queensberry and Dover, This Plate is most humbly Dedicated by His Grace's most obedient and obliged humble servant, George Willison. Publish'd Octr. 22d. 1770, by G. Willison Greek Street Soho.' (Lettered)
  • 'Archd. Douglas of Douglas, Esqr. Camden. Mansfield. Decree Feb. 27. 1769.' (Lettered on the plinth)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Production
The original portrait was probably painted in 1769.
Subjects depicted
Medallion
Plinth
Scales
Mask
Snakes
Politician
Douglas, Archibald James Edward (1st Baron Douglas)
Justice
Deceit
Murray, William (1st Earl of Mansfield)
Pratt, Charles (1st Earl Camden)
Associated object
27534 (Copy)
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 2, p.550.
  • Whitman, Alfred. Valentine Green. London: A. H. Bullen, 1902. 204 p.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.381-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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