John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier (1680-1770), Field Marshal.
Roubiliac's terracotta of Ligonier, wearing a fur-lined cloak, is a lively and characterful portrait of the eighty-year-old officer in uniform. More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue, John Kerslake's Early Georgian Portraits (1977, out of print).
c. 1761
Terracotta bust
457.0mm
NPG 2013
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