Drawing, William Hoare, between 1707 and 1764

Portrait of ralph allen; three-quarter length, standing, body half-right, eyes to front, his left hand resting on a letter on a table beside him, wearing powdered full-bottomed wig and long-skirted coat and waistcoat black chalk, touched with red and heightened with white, on grey-green paper, squared for transfer. Date: between 1707 and 1764. Dimensions: Height: 364 mm; ; Width: 295 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Ralph Allen. Collection: British Museum. Drawing (BM 1894,0417.2)