THOMAS DIXON after SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.

Henry, Earl of Pembroke & Montgomery

THOMAS DIXON after SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.  Henry, Earl of Pembroke & Montgomery.  Mezzotint by Thomas Dixon, pub. 5 Feb. 1771 by William Wynne Ryland, Cornhill, London; 18 x 13 in. platemark with wide margins; within French mat. Pembroke, then a major general, was colonel-commandant of the 1st or Royal Dragoons and is shown in the uniform of that elite regiment. His right hand rests on the hilt of his basket-hilt, dragoon sword, which is identical in form to the original discussed above. Considered one of the premier cavalry officers of the British Army, Pembroke was the author of a seminal work on the care and training of horses for war, Military Equitation, that was reprinted at least three times during the 18th century. Item #123

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