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Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas

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

Print with a half-length portrait of Archibald Douglas 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 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint on paper
Paper
Mezzotint
Brief description
Half-length portrait of Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Douglas, in a medallion supported by a figure of Justice. Mezzotint by Valentine Green after George Willison, 1770.
Physical description
Print with a half-length portrait of Archibald Douglas 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: 60.8cm
  • Width: 42.5cm
Dimensions taken from Marshall, Julian. A Catalogue of Engraved National Portraits in the National Art Library. London: HMSO, 1895.
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)
Subjects depicted
Politician
Medallion
Plinth
Scales
Mask
Snakes
Douglas, Archibald James Edward (1st Baron Douglas)
Justice
Deceit
Associated object
E.381-1959 (Copy)
Bibliographic reference
Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 2, p.550.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
27534

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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