Image: Sirhenryclinton2

Description: Sir Henry Clinton, British Commander in Chief during the American Revolution
Title: Sirhenryclinton2
Credit: The American Museum in Britain: http://www.americanmuseum.org/graphics/library/Sir%20Henry%20Clinton~a.jpg Provenance and publication information according to its VADS record: Attributed to Soldi, Andrea (Italian painter, ca. 1703-1771, active in Great Britain) Previously attributed to Hoare, William (British painter, ca.1707-1792) Previously attributed to Stuart, Gilbert (American artist, 1755-1828) Probably painted between 1762 and 1765. label attached to the frame stating that it was lent, in 1867, for a portrait exhibition in London by the then Duke of Newcastle Recorded in a catalogue of the collection of the Dukes of Newcastle, 1923 Copied in 1909 for the Bunker Hill Memorial Building, Charlestown, Massachusetts. From http://books.google.com/books?id=GsVYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=1867+exhibition+of+portraits+%22henry+clinton%22&source=bl&ots=nFQJ86AxFg&sig=9fxwzObGYuUjbTGfm_1Rhv58Kis&hl=en&ei=qZULSubLO8OLtgfSu4SbCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1 : A photograph of the image was published by the Bunker Hill Monument Association in 1909 (see page 18) Reference made to acquiring an copy (oil on canvas) of the painting
Author: Andrea Soldi
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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