"Portrait, three-quarter length, standing, directed to right, wearing chin-length wig and uniform with braid hanging from right shoulder, right elbow on a ledge next to his tricorn hat, left hand resting on cannon; after Hudson; retouched state, dog altered to cannon, date altered. 1748, this state 1756."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Honorable William Blakeney
Description:
Title from caption below image., Place of publication surmised from printmaker's place of activity., Date of publication from Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins., and Mounted on sheet: 477 x 338 mm. Ms. note lower right corner: '48'.