General note:
The Portrait of George Cartwright by William Hilton the Elder shows him outdoors dressed in his hunting gear, which is part European, part Beothuk (the deer-skin jacket) and part Inuit (the snowshoes). Cartwright has put a hood over his dog's head because he does not want him to disturb the deer he has sighted. The portrait was done specifically to celebrate and illustrate the publication of Cartwright's Journal. The frontispiece to volume 1 contains the engraving by T. Medland after this painting, with the title Captain Cartwright visiting his Fox-traps.
Signatures and inscriptions note:
Inscription : handwritten in black ink, verso on label c.: [missing] ight / ADC to the Marquis of Grandby [missing] German was of [missing] 58[ill...?] / Second son of William Cartwright Esq of Marnh[missing] / in Nottinghamshire / Born Feb[^y] 12, 1739 died at Mansfield Feb[^y] [missing] / He is represented in the Costume of the E[missing] / which he adopted during a residen[missing] / on the Coast of Labrador [missing] / This picture was painted by Mr. Hilton of Nottingham / Father of Mr. W. Hilton of the Royal Academy[.], Inscription : in pencil, stretcher verso u.l.: 3[.], Inscription : in pencil, stretcher verso t.: No 6[.]
Related material:
Cartwright, George, 1739-1819. "A Journal of Transactions and Events, During a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador : Containing Many Interesting Particulars, Both of the Country and its Inhabitants, Not Hitherto Known / by George Cartwright" (Newark [England] : Allin and Ridge, sold by G.G.J. and J. Robinson in Paternoster-Row, Stockdale Picadilly, London, 1792), microfiche nos. 37492-37495., Cartwright, George, "A Journal of Transactions and Events, During a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador : Containing Many Interesting Particulars, Both of the Country and its Inhabitants, Not Hitherto Known / by George Cartwright" Ann (Arbor, Mich : University Microfilms International,1982), MC- 254. Reproduction of original: (Newark, [England : s.n.]: Allin and Ridge, 1792), Cartwright, George. ed. Marianne P. Stopp. "The New Labrador Papers of Captain George Cartwright" (Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2008).
