Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9527
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Portrait of Archibald Campbell, Marquess of Argyll
Date
1757
Sitter
Archibald Campbell Marquess of Argyll (1600 - 1661, British) , Politician
Creator
Guillaume Philippe Benoist (1725 - 1770, French) , Printmaker
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 129mm
width (print): 116mm
width (print): 116mm
Description
Oval head and shoulders portrait of Campbell, shown with shoulder length natural hair and a beard, wearing a dark coat and white collar.
Inscribed: “Benoist sculp. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL Earl & Marquis of ARGYLL.” Inscribed in pencil lower left “1663”.
Archibald Campbell was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Inscribed: “Benoist sculp. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL Earl & Marquis of ARGYLL.” Inscribed in pencil lower left “1663”.
Archibald Campbell was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.1. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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