General James Oglethorpe
Maker
(artist)
(engraver)
(engraver)
Title
General James Oglethorpe
Date of Production
c. 1785
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 16.4 cm
Width: 16.4 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4595
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, 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: recto: lower centre: artist, sitter, description: 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 & remember'd to have shot snipes in Conduit mead where Conduit Street now stands.
Inscription: recto: typewritten, lower centre, artist: Samuel IRELAND.
Inscription: recto: typewritten, lower centre, artist: Samuel IRELAND.
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