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Description: | A portrait of a middle aged man in an ornate frame. The subject is facing the viewer and is wearing a cloak over armour and a long curly wig. The base of the frame is decorated with a cherub blowing a horn and holding a unlit torch. To the right is a medallion with an image of the coronation of Brittania. There is classical armour and a helmet on a wooden post to the left. The frame is inscribed "JOHN DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH".
Technique: engraving (printing process)
medium: ink (black)
John, Duke of Marlborough by Jacobus Houbraken, Godfrey Kneller (after), 1745, (1918.688/39). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.103601 | Go to resource |
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