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Title: Portrait of William Congreve Esq-r, Directing the discharge of the Fire Rockets invented by him into the town of Copenhagen during the Bombardment by the British Forces under the command of the R-t Hon-ble Lord Cathcart in 1807
Engraver:
George Clint (British, London 1770–1854 London)
Artist:
After James Lonsdale (British, Lancaster 1777–1839 London)
Sitter:
Sir William Congreve (British, 1772–1828)
Subject:
William Schaw Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart (British, Petersham 1755–1843 Glasgow)
Date: 1809
Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions: Sheet: 26 3/4 × 19 11/16 in. (68 × 50 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Object Number: 24.63.1923
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