Portrait of Hugh Montgomerie is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the American artist John Singleton Copley, from 1780. It depicts British military officer Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, who commissioned the work from Copley. It shows his participation in the Anglo-Cherokee War two decades earlier, with the backdrop making reference to his service during the conflict as an officer in the British Army.

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