Henry Dundas, First Viscount of Melville
Portrait of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Scottish advocate and Tory politician who was the first War Secretary in the British cabinet and who was impeached in 1806 for the misappropriation of public money.
Artwork Details
- Title: Henry Dundas, First Viscount of Melville
- Artist: Charles Turner (British, Woodstock, Oxfordshire 1774–1857 London)
- Artist: after Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, Bristol 1769–1830 London)
- Date: 1810
- Medium: Mezzotint; second state of two
- Dimensions: Image: 17 in. × 13 1/2 in. (43.2 × 34.3 cm)
Plate: 20 × 13 7/8 in. (50.8 × 35.2 cm)
Sheet: 20 13/16 × 14 9/16 in. (52.9 × 37 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
- Object Number: 47.100.556
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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