Portrait of Henry Erskine, 3rd Lord Cardross
Date
late 18th - early 19th century
Sitter
3rd Lord Cardross Henry Erskine (1644 - 1693, British)
Creator
Robert Scott (1771 - 1841, British) , Engraver
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 136mm
width (plate): 103mm
height (print): 168mm
width (print): 111mm
height (paper support): 226mm
width (paper support): 152mm
width (plate): 103mm
height (print): 168mm
width (print): 111mm
height (paper support): 226mm
width (paper support): 152mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Henry Erskine, 3rd Lord Cardross (ca.1649-1693) in three-quarter profile to the right and looking back to viewer. He wears long wig with robes and falling lace collar. Oval in a rectangular frame.
Inscribed ‘R. Scott Sculpt. Henry Lord Cardross. From an Original painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller in the possession of Lord Buchan’ and pencilled ‘1733.’
Henry Erskine, 3rd Lord Cardross (ca.1649-1693) was a privy councillor and General of the Mint, he was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. The portrait was collected in error, thought to be Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan (1710-1767) who was a British peer and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.13.
Inscribed ‘R. Scott Sculpt. Henry Lord Cardross. From an Original painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller in the possession of Lord Buchan’ and pencilled ‘1733.’
Henry Erskine, 3rd Lord Cardross (ca.1649-1693) was a privy councillor and General of the Mint, he was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. The portrait was collected in error, thought to be Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan (1710-1767) who was a British peer and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.13.
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