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Oval portrait, half length, the figure has either powdered hair or wears a short wig, as well as a military coat. He faces to the left. In 1781 the sitter was a British Lieutenant General fighting in the American Revolutionary War.
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Title: Charles, Earl Cornwallis
Artist:
Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
Artist:
After Hugh Douglas Hamilton (Irish, Dublin 1739–1808 Dublin)
Sitter:
Charles, Earl Cornwallis (British, London 1738–1805 Ghazipur, India)
Publisher:
Thomas Watson (British, London 1743–1781 London)
Publisher:
William Dickinson (British, London? 1746/47?–1823 Paris)
Date: March 15, 1781
Medium: Stipple engraving and etching, printed in reddish-brown ink
Dimensions:
sheet trimmed to image: 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (8.3 x 6.4 cm)
mount:: 9 1/2 x 6 in. (24.1 x 15.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Accession Number: 24.90.259
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