"Portrait of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, half-length, directed to front, with head tilted to left, looking towards the viewer; wearing wig, peer's ermine robe with chain, and neckerchief; in an oval, bordered by line, surmounted by five-petalled flowers, with tablet below behind; below, allegorical image, showing three female figures on a platform in a tent, and a fourth seated at left, holding a cornucopia; ship at sea in background at left; illustration to Thornton's 'A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus' (1805); from a drawing by Uwins, after Ramsay."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Two images, each separately titled below., Below image of the Earl of Bute is the allegorical representation of sitter's life's work. Statement of responsibility from second image., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
