Portrait of Hugh Montgomerie is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the American artist John Singleton Copley, from 1780.Tobin p.204 It depicts British military officer Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, who commissioned the work from Copley.Kamensky p.393 It shows his participation in the Anglo-Cherokee War two decades earlier, with the backdrop making reference to his service during the conflict as an officer in the British Army.Hoock p.170
The work was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1780, the first to be held at Somerset House, in London.Kamensky p.396 Today the painting is in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery, in Edinburgh, having been acquired in 1949.National Galleries of Scotland
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