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[The Right Honble Lord George Sackville, Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Forces, Lieutt General of the Ordnance.]

[The Right Honble Lord George Sackville, Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Forces, Lieutt General of the Ordnance.]

[Sir J Reynolds. McArdell.]
[n.d. c.1759.]
Very fine mezzotint, proof before letters. 400 x 275mm (15¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed at bottom. Thread margins on 3 sides.
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1565); standing three-quarter length to right beside horse, eyes to front, wearing fur-trimmed overcoat, sash and his hair powdered, sword in his left hand; proof before letters. George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716-1785); third son of Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset; George I was his godfather; entered the army and served at Dettingen and Fontenoy; Commander of the British Forces, under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, in 1758 where his behaviour at the battle of Minden resulted in a scandal and his dismissal from the army; Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782. Fought in America.
CS: 161. Goodwin: 73. Hamilton: 9.62.
[Ref: 52497]  £360.00


 

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