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After the portrait by James Ramsay of Irish politician, Henry Grattan (1746-1820). Seated with right leg crossed over left, right arm resting on the arm of the chair, left hand resting on two pages of correspondence on a table to the right with inkwell and quill. A seal rests in his lap. Wears a dark velvet jacket, buttoned up, with cravat and wearing knee breeches and stockings. Short, white-grey hair without a wig. Looks out over the right shoulder of the spectator. A curtain behind with tassel hanging to the right and fluted pilaster.
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge
Title
The Right Honourable Henry Grattan, M.P.
Date
1806
Accession number
P.15092-R
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay, 1912
Work type
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 1RB England
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