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General James Oglethorpe

Maker

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(engraver)

Title

General James Oglethorpe

Medium

Engraving, black ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 16.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4595

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







sword sleeve
walking cane

Provenance

previous owner: Witt, Robert (Sir)

Inscriptions

Inscription: Sheet, recto: below image, black ink: "S. Ireland Del,,t et fecit. / GENERAL JAMES OGLETHORPE. / Died 30th June 1785 Aged 102 said to be the oldest General in Europe__Sketched from Life at the sale of / Dr Johnsons books Feby 18, 1785 where the Genl was reading a book he had purchas'd without spectacles__In 1706 he had an / Ensigns commissioni in the Guards [ampersand] remember'd to have shot snipes in Conduit mead where Conduit Street now stands"; centre of lower margin, black print: "Samuel IRELAND".

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