Duke of Queensberry at the age of 77 [art original].

Description

Title: Duke of Queensberry at the age of 77 [art original].
Published / Created: [not before 1802]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Half-length caricature portrait of the Duke, nearly in profile to the right, wearing a cravat and with his hair in a queue bound with ribbon
Description: Title written in ink above image, in a contemporary hand.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Date of production based on the year the sitter would have been 77 years old.
Mounted on front flyleaf in volume 4 of: George Selwyn and his contemporaries.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Hon. James Archibold Home, with his manuscript notes in the volume and the blookplate of The Hirsel Library. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Mr. Godfrey, the Stonegate, York, 8 August 1923.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 10.6 x 7.5 cm, mounted to 21.1 x 13.1 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 53 Se4 J49 v.4
Collection Title: Volume 4, front flyleaf. George Selwyn and his contemporaries.
Collection / Other Creator: Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719-1791.
Collection Date: London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 1843-1844.

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Wash drawings
Ink drawings
Material: gray wash with pen and ink ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810
Subjects: Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810 > Caricatures and cartoons
Home, James, 1837-1909 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Duke of Queensberry at the age of 77. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.