Caleb Whitefoord
Soft ground etching. 1809. 270mm by 200mm (platemark). Caleb Whitefoord FRS FRSE RSA (1734-1810) was a Scottish merchant, diplomat, and political satirist. In 1782 he served as Lord Shelburne's envoy to Benjamin Franklin on the Peace Commission at Paris.
Dance was an architect, draughtsman and founder member of the Royal Academy. This portrait comes from a series of chalk portraits that he did of his friends, 72 of which were engraved and published (1808-1814) by Daniell who was an engraver as well as a reknown landscape painter.Accompanied by original descriptive text." Item #1926
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