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Lord George Gordon, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Summary
Print shows Lord George Gordon, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, in oval resting on pedestal with illustration of a walled city; a scroll resting on the pedestal is labeled "Protestants Petition against Popery", a reference to his role in the Gordon Riots.
Illus. in: Walker's Hibernian magazine; or, Compendium of entertaining knowledge. Dublin : Printed by R. Gibson, [1780, pp. 353-355]
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 96.
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Date
01/01/1780
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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