IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 225439 accession number: P.14830-R DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 updated: Monday 7 January 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Etching and engraving on laid paper. Half-length portrait within an oval. Middle-aged man directed slightly towards the right looking out at the viewer. He wears a tricorne hat with rosette, a coat with brass buttons, waistcoat and white cravat. Etched onto the plate at lower centre are four lines in Italian from _Il Pastor Fido_ by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612), followed by initials: 'O mille volte fortunato e mille / Chi sà por meta à suoi pensieri in tanto / Che per vana Speranza immoderato / Di moderato ben no perde il frutto / C.H.W.'. An inscription on the verso indicates that the initials relate to Scottish politician, Charles Hope-Weir (1710-1791). Inscribed in graphite on the verso: 'Sir Michael Newton [struck through] / Ch Hope Wier [sic] / Scotchman'. title: print LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: unknown STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225439 TECHNIQUES ---------- engraving TECHNIQUES ---------- etching CATEGORIES ------ category: print DATING ------ culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown