Portrait of a man in a tricorne hat
Printmaker: Unknown
Etching and engraving on laid paper. Half-length portrait within an oval. Middle-aged man directed slightly towards the right looking out at the viewer. He wears a tricorne hat with rosette, a coat with brass buttons, waistcoat and white cravat. Etched onto the plate at lower centre are four lines in Italian from _Il Pastor Fido_ by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612), followed by initials: 'O mille volte fortunato e mille / Chi sà por meta à suoi pensieri in tanto / Che per vana Speranza immoderato / Di moderato ben no perde il frutto / C.H.W.'. An inscription on the verso indicates that the initials relate to Scottish politician, Charles Hope-Weir (1710-1791). Inscribed in graphite on the verso: 'Sir Michael Newton [struck through] / Ch Hope Wier [sic] / Scotchman'.
Unknown
by unknown
Height 140mm (plate) x width 100mm (plate); height 159mm (sheet) x width 113mm (sheet)
Accession number: P.14830-R
Primary reference Number: 225439
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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