File:William Leslie (1751-1777), by British School of the 18th century.jpg
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English: William Leslie (1751-1777)
held in a gilt-metal frame, inscribed: Who can refrain from tears? Killed Prince-town Jany 3rd 1777, the reverse with blue and grey agate; The Hon. William Leslie was the second son of David, 8th Earl of Leven and 5th Earl of Melville. He fought in the American War of Independence with the 17th Foot, a regiment that his uncle, Brigadier General Alexander Leslie, was the commanding officer. During the battle of Princeton, 3rd January 1777, he was mortally wounded and died at Pluckemin the following morning. He was buried with full military honours in the village graveyard. His younger sister, Lady Jane, married Sir John Stuart of Fettercairn (1752-1821) in 1775. |
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circa 1780 date QS:P571,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Source/Photographer | Sotheby's |
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Author | British School of the 18th century |
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Credit/Provider | Sotheby's |
Source | http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/two-great-scottish-collections-l17317/lot.201.html |
Online copyright statement | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ |
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Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows |
File change date and time | 16:52, 24 March 2017 |
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Image width | 576 px |
Image height | 712 px |
Date and time of digitizing | 17:52, 24 March 2017 |
Date metadata was last modified | 17:52, 24 March 2017 |
Copyright status | Copyright status not set |
Type of item | Portrait |
IIM version | 2 |