The Right Honble. Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown

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Artist/Maker	John & Josiah Boydell (publisher) Ward, James (engraver) Hoppner, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Whole-length portrait, standing, turned slightly to left and wearing naval uniform; right hand resting on a telescope; rocks behind and in the left background a sea battle.

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Categories	Prints Portraits Scotland
Object type	Print
Title	The Right Honble. Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint on paper Paper Mezzotint
Brief description	Print, whole-length portrait of Adam Viscount Duncan of Camperdown. Mezzotint by James Ward after John Hoppner, 1798.
Physical description	Whole-length portrait, standing, turned slightly to left and wearing naval uniform; right hand resting on a telescope; rocks behind and in the left background a sea battle.
Dimensions	Height: 65.8cm Width: 46cm Measured by SH 20/05/2011.
Style	British School
Copy number	2nd state
Marks and inscriptions	'Painted by I. Hoppner R.A. Engraved by Jas. Ward Painted & Engraver in Mezzotint to H.R.H. the P. of Wales. The Right Honble. Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown and Baron Duncan of Lundie in the shire of Forfar Admiral of the Blue Squadron and Knight of the Russian Imperial Order of Sr Alexander Nevsky. Pubd. April 16 1798 by J. & J. Boydell at the Shakespeare Gallery Pall Mall & No. 90 Cheapside.' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted	Sea Rocks Uniform Warships Battle Duncan, Adam (Viscount)
Bibliographic reference	Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 4, p.1446.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	24070

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O638714/the-right-honble-adam-duncan-print-ward-james/

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