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Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville ('Dun-Shaw')

15 of 80 portraits of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, aquatint and soft-ground etching, published 7 March 1788
16 3/8 in. x 10 3/4 in. (417 mm x 274 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1947
Reference Collection
NPG D12375

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Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Statesman. Sitter associated with 80 portraits.

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Samuel William Fores (baptised 1761-1838), Printseller and publisher. Artist associated with 63 portraits.
James Gillray (1756-1815), Caricaturist. Artist associated with 881 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.