The Right Honble. Lord Viscount Duncan
Print
1 March 1798 (published)
1 March 1798 (published)
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Portrait, three-quarter-length, standing on the deck of a warship and facing half left; holding a sword in left hand, the right placed on a cannonl a burning Dutch warship in left background.
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Title | The Right Honble. Lord Viscount Duncan (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Mezzotint |
Brief description | Print, portrait of Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, mezzotint by Richard Earlom after John Singleton Copley, 1798. |
Physical description | Portrait, three-quarter-length, standing on the deck of a warship and facing half left; holding a sword in left hand, the right placed on a cannonl a burning Dutch warship in left background. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Painted by J. S. Copley, R.A. Engraved by R. Earlom. Published & Sold March, 1, 1798, by J. S. Copley, George Street, Hanover Square. The Right Honble. Lord Viscount Duncan &c. &c. &c. Admiral of the Blue and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships in the North Sea at the Defeat of the Dutch Fleet, on the 11th of October, 1797.' (Lettered with name of sitter etc. and) |
Credit line | Given by Mrs. E. B. Westwood |
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Accession number | E.332-1959 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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