Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Dow
Etcher Samuel William Reynolds, the elder British
After Sir Joshua Reynolds British
Sitter Alexander Dow British, Scottish
Not on view
Half-length portrait of a man within an oval, the etching is based on Reynolds's portrait of Colonel Dow (Mannings 521) who is shown bareheaded, wearing a plain unbuttoned coat over a waistcoat. Born in Scotland, Dow was an officer in the East India Company and also a writer and playwright.
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