Hearnius behold! in closet close y-pent [graphic] - Yale University Library

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Title: Hearnius behold! in closet close y-pent [graphic]
Creator: Parr, Richard, printmaker
Contributor: Tillemans, Peter, active 1724-1734, artist.
Published / Created: printed in the year MDCCXXXVI [1736]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from first line of letterpress verse surrounding the image.
Engraved from Hearne's portrait by Tillemans.
Four lines of satirical verse printed around the plate: Hearnius, behold! in closet close y-pent, Of sober face, with learned dust besprent, To future ages will his dulness last, Who hath preserv'd the dulness of the past.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Not in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits ... in the British Museum.
Subject identified by J. Reed on second mounting sheet, recto and in later unknown hand on first mounting sheet, recto.
Mounted to 22 x 18 cm, window mounted to 30 x 24 cm.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 6.9 x 5.9 cm, on sheet 10 x 8 cm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 736.00.00.04

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Satires England 1736
Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1736
Etchings England London 1736
Annotations (Provenance)
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hearne, Thomas, 1678-1735,
Subjects: Hearne, Thomas, 1678-1735
England > 1736
England > London > 1736

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 8877541
Object ID (OID): 10700199

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