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James Gillray
1756-1815
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iimage: 244 x 195 mm; plate: 275 x 225 mm; sheet: 275 x 229 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2790
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[London] : Pubd. June 2d, 1792 by H. Humphrey, n. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary:
Henry Dundas in Highland dress, wearing a Scots cap over a legal wig, crouches with his head turned in profile to the right. With his voluminous tartan plaid he covers William Pitt, who sits close against him in profile to the left on the pan of a close-stool inscribed 'Extracts from the Treasury', his profile, feet, and ankles alone being visible.
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