Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Dow

Sir Joshua Reynolds|Samuel William Reynolds, the elder|Alexander Dow

1800–35 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Half-length portrait of a man within an oval, the etching is based on Reynolds's portrait of Colonel Dow (Mannings 521) who is shown bareheaded, wearing a plain unbuttoned coat over a waistcoat. Born in Scotland, Dow was an officer in the East India Company and also a writer and playwright.

Artist

Sir Joshua Reynolds|Samuel William Reynolds, the elder|Alexander Dow

Date

1800–35

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917