Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, William Hoare, between 1740 and 1756

Portrait, standing whole-length directed to left, right hand on hip, left hand on the edge of a covered table, looking towards the viewer, wearing robes and chain of the garter, sword, lace cravat and long white wig, in a classical interior with a bust of cicero in a niche behind him to right; after hoare; state after dedication erased and publication line added. Mezzotint. Date: between 1740 and 1756. Dimensions: Height: 484 mm (trimmed); ; Width: 338 mm (trimmed). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. Collection: British Museum. Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield (BM 1902,1011.307)