Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Robert Prescott (1725-1816), Governor of Canada
- Gallery portraits
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- Biography and References
Army officer and colonial governor; served in Canada under Wolfe and in Martinique under Monckton 1761; served in America 1775-77 and in the West Indies from 1778 as lieutenant-colonel; governor of Martinique 1794, as lieutenant-general; governor of Canada and Nova Scotia 1796-1807; general 1798; came home in 1799 in poor health, spending his last years at Battle in Sussex.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.