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Description: | Three-quarter length portrait of politician and philologist, John Horne Tooke. The subject wears a grey jacket, waistcoat and breeches. He is seated facing the viewer, with his body turned to the right. Tooke holds the winged helmet of Mercury in both hands, and his left arm rests against a classical bust. To his right, a wand (Caduceus) in visible in the bottom right corner, and he sits against a dark indistinct background.
Technique: oil on canvas
medium: oil paint
John Horne Tooke by Richard Brompton, 1777, (1913.16). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.618 | Go to resource |
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