
Signed and inscribed in ink lower right: B Ralph ___ (illegible)/ __ 73rd Regt
Stamped on verso: PAUL MELLON COLLECTION
Inscribed in graphite on verso: "17 (circled)/ D1563/ Benjamin Ralph __(?) 1763-1775/ LGD/ Ralph was one of the officers of the Incorporated/ Society of Artists in 1769 - see W.T. Whitley/ "Artists & their Friends in England", Vol I Ca XIV/ But this is possibly by a son, as the dress suggests/ a date around 1790 and the inscription is "__(?) 73rd Regt.""
Paul Mellon Collection
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