Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.2717

    Portrait of John Montagu

    Date
    1821
    Sitter
    2nd Duke of Montagu John Montagu (1690 - 1749, British) , Courtier
    Creator
    Robert Cooper (British) , Engraver
    After
    Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Painter
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    Material
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 170mm
    width (print): 110mm
    Description
    Half-length portrait of John Montagu in a long jacket and silk scarf shown holding a hat under his left arm and the end of a cane in his right hand. He is presented in a long, curly wig and has the badge of the order of the Garter displayed on his left lapel.

    Inscribed below: ‘Cooper sculp.’ ‘JOHN MONTAGUE / DUKE OF MONTAGUE.’

    John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu (1690-1749), British courtier, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718.
    Object history
    Plate VII to 'Memoirs of the celebrated persons composing the Kit-Cat Club', 1821.
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