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Napoleonic caricature of a mounted English officer, identified in pencil at the bottom Lord Harrington (Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington). A comment on the sometimes unfortunate results of choosing military officers from the ranks of nobility. The awkward figure seated on his undersized horse with a sword at his left side and a cane in his right hand. Classic Napoleonic period “cartoon: art. Custom framed antique hand colored lithograph, with gilt mat liner. See https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw64277/Charles-Stanhope-3rd-Earl-of-Harrington-A-noble-general for another example in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Frame size, 13” x 17”.

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A NOBLE GENERAL 1804, ROBERT DIGHTON

Name: A NOBLE GENERAL 1804, ROBERT DIGHTON
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