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[India] Stringer Lawrence Esq. Major General and Commander in Chief in the East Indies.
J. Reynolds Pinx.t. R. Houston Londini fecit.
Printed for John Bowles and Son, at the Black Horse, in Cornhall 1761.
Mezzotint. 360 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Creased. Small margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Stringer Lawrence (1697-1775), 'Father of the Indian army'. Lawrence served in Gibraltar and fought in the Battle of Culloden before being placed in command of the East India Company's troops in 1748. He left India in 1759 after being elevated to the rank of Major-General.
CS 69, state i of ii; Hamilton, p45; Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66148] £260.00
Printed for John Bowles and Son, at the Black Horse, in Cornhall 1761.
Mezzotint. 360 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Creased. Small margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Stringer Lawrence (1697-1775), 'Father of the Indian army'. Lawrence served in Gibraltar and fought in the Battle of Culloden before being placed in command of the East India Company's troops in 1748. He left India in 1759 after being elevated to the rank of Major-General.
CS 69, state i of ii; Hamilton, p45; Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66148] £260.00