John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish, Henry Scott, Third Duke of Buccleugh and Fifth Duke of Queensberry, 1771
- Title:
Henry Scott, Third Duke of Buccleugh and Fifth Duke of Queensberry
- Date:
- 1771
- Medium:
- Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 19 1/8 x 14 inches (48.5 x 35.5 cm), Plate: 17 11/16 x 12 13/16 inches (45 x 32.6 cm), Image: 16 7/16 x 12 11/16 inches (41.7 x 32.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark: Paul Mellon
Lettered, lower left: "Thos Gainsborough pinxit."; lower center: "Jno Boydell excudit 1771 | Henry Duke of Buccleugh. | Knight of the most Ancient and Noble Order of the Thistle. | Published June 11th. 1771. by John Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London."; lower right: "Dixon fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11610
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | captains (military officers) | chivalric orders | coat | cravat | cuffs | dog (animal) | duke | gaze | grass | holding | jacket | landowner | man | medal | nobleman | portrait | posing | rocks (landforms) | sky | The Most Ancient and Noble Order of the Thistle | trees
- Associated Places:
- Europe | Scotland | United Kingdom
- Associated People:
- Scott, Henry, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and 5th Duke of Queensberry (1746–1812), landowner and army officer
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31243
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