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Lieutenant Colonel Kellett
1786
William Baillie
1723-1810
English
Unknown
Crayon manner engraving and etching printed in black ink on wove paper
Plate: 7 5/8 × 6 inches (19.4 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 10 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (26.4 × 24.4 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S66
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, below oval, lower left: Drawn & Engraved by his old Inscribed, lower right: Friend & Brother Officer WBaillie 1786. Inscribed, center bottom: Col. Wm. Kellett Lt. Col. of 39 Regt. of Foot | was present with that Corps during the Glorious defence of Gibralter when besieged by the united Force of Spain & France | in the Years 1779, 80, 81, 82
Provenance
October 1886, C.A. Henriques sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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William Baillie, Lieutenant Colonel Kellett, 1786, crayon manner engraving and etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S66.
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