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The Duke of Buccleuch

John Dixon, Thomas Gainsborough

The Duke of Buccleuch

1770

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John Dixon, Thomas Gainsborough

The Duke of Buccleuch

1770

Physical Qualities Mezzotint, Sheet: 468 x 340 mm. (18 7/16 x 13 3/8 in.) Plate: 454 x 328 mm. (17 7/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Winifred M. Gordon, Baltimore, in Memory of her Husband, Douglas Huntly Gordon
Object Number 1992.226
Douglas Gordon Collection

Inscribed: FACE: in plate, below image, l., 'Gainsborough pinx'; c., (Crest)/Publish'd June 11 1771 by J. Boydell engraver Cheapside'; r., 'Dixon fecit'. VERSO: (graphite), u.r. corner, 'Black--' (?); l.c. to l.r., 'Dalbora + Hally' (?)/18 1/2 x 83 5/8 mat'; c., 'Duke of Buccleuch'.

Markings: oval shaped wm in UC

Artist

John Dixon

Irish, c. 1740-1811
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Artist

Thomas Gainsborough

English, 1727-1788
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