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Lord Mountstuart

Print
20/10/1779 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait, half-length, facing slightly left, beside a column, within an oval frame.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLord Mountstuart (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Stipple engraving on paper
Brief description
Portrait, half-length, of John Stuart, 4th Earl and 1st Maruqess of Bute. Stipple engraving by William Baillie, after Nathaniel Hone, 1779.
Physical description
Portrait, half-length, facing slightly left, beside a column, within an oval frame.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28cm
  • Width: 19.6cm
Taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965 published by HMSO 1966
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Lord Mountstuart. Painted by Mr. Hone, and Engrav’d by Captn Baillie' (Lettered.)
  • 'Octr. the 20th. 1779' (Dated.)
Credit line
Given by the Public Library and Museum, Hove
Object history
The sitter used the title Mountstuart, properly belonging at the time to his mother, before his accession to the earldom in 1792.
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965 pub. HMSO 1966
Collection
Accession number
E.13-1965

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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