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John Finlayson, 1730–1776, British, Lord Cardross, 1765
- Title:
Lord Cardross
- Additional Title(s):
David Stewart Erskine, 6th Earl of Buchan
David Stewart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
- Date:
- 1765
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/16 × 11 inches (38.2 × 28 cm), Image: 13 9/16 × 10 7/8 inches (34.4 × 27.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower center: "Now Earl of Buchan"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered, lower left: "J,, Reynolds Pinx,,t | Published according to Act of Parliament Nov,,r 22.d 1765."; lower center: "Lord ~ Cardross.~"; lower right: "J,, Finlayson Fecit. | Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street, Price 5.s"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12897
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- baron | buttons | cape | collar | columns | cuffs | gaze | gesturing | lace | mantle | portrait | posing | scientist | sleeves | thoughtful | writer
- Associated People:
- Erskine, David Stewart, 6th Earl of Buchan (1742–1829), scientific writer
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38577
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