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Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Dow

After Sir Joshua Reynolds British
Sitter Alexander Dow British, Scottish
1800–35
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Dow
  • Etcher: Samuel William Reynolds, the elder (British, London 1773–1835 London)
  • Artist: After Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London)
  • Sitter: Alexander Dow (British, Perthshire, Scotland 1735/6–1779 Bhagalpur, Bihar, India)
  • Date: 1800–35
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 10 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (26.5 × 19 cm)
    Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 3/16 in. (35.3 × 25.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.756-1533
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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