Sir Robert Boyd, Lieutenant Governor of Gibraltar
Artwork Details
- Title: Sir Robert Boyd, Lieutenant Governor of Gibraltar
- Engraver: Caroline Watson (British, London 1760/61–1814 London)
- Artist: after John Smart (British, Norfolk 1741–1811 London)
- Publisher: John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
- Sitter: General Sir Robert Boyd (British, baptized Richmond, Surrey 1710–1794 Gibraltar)
- Date: 1785
- Medium: Stipple engraving, printed in brown ink
- Dimensions: Oval image: 3 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (8.1 × 6.3 cm)
Sheet (clipped within plate): 6 11/16 × 4 7/8 in. (17 × 12.4 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.756-2024
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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