The Honble. Sr. Wm. Howe Knight of the Bath, & Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces in America / [graphic]

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Title: The Honble. Sr. Wm. Howe Knight of the Bath, & Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces in America / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Honourable Sir William Howe
Contributor: Purcell, Richard, approximately 1736-approximately 1765.
Morris, John, active 1777-1778, publisher.
Published / Created: [10 November 1777]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs, 10th Novr. 1777, by John Morris, Rathbone Place
Abstract: "Three-quarter length portrait of a military officer facing front, looking to right. His right elbow resting on masonry; a stone fortification on right with cannon. He wears a ribbon and star, military uniform, sword and cocked hat, with powdered hair tied at the nape. In the background there are battlements with cannon."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Print signed 'Corbutt', which was a pseudonym used by the mezzotint engraver Richard Purcell. However, Purcell's generally accepted date of death occurred twelve years prior to the publication of this print, prompting Chaloner Smith to list it under "Engraver not ascertained." For a note about this decision, see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 3, page 1018.
"One of a series of portraits of officers in the American War; artist and publisher may be fictitious"--Note in local card catalog record, Lewis Walpole Library.
Temporary local subject terms: America: American War -- Military uniform: English.
Window mounted to 39 x 28 cm.
Bound in as page 172 in volume 11 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world. London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Provenance: Borden Sale, American Art Gallery, 17-19 February 1913, lot 812. Rains Galleries, New York, NY, 27 November 1935 (W.D. Breaker sale), lot 688, bought in by Breaker. Purchased from William D. Breaker (through G.A. Baker) by W.S. Lewis; 1939.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.1 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 36 x 25.9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English