[A portrait of Mr. William Lynch, seller of pamphlets] [graphic]

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Title: [A portrait of Mr. William Lynch, seller of pamphlets] [graphic]
Creator: Bretherton, Charles, -1783, printmaker
Contributor: Orde, Thomas, Baron Bolton, 1746-1807, artist.
Bretherton, Charles, -1783, publisher.
Published / Created: [29 February 1774]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "An etching, representing an elderly man standing upright, turned in three-quarters view to our right, with his hands joined behind him. In the breast of his coat many books are "stuffed"."--British Museum catalogue
Description: Title supplied from the British Museum catalogue.
Date of publication from contemporary manuscript note: Publish'd Febry. 29, 1774.
A date of 1769 is suggested in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
One line of quote below image: Cleanse thy stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff (Shakes. Mack.).
Two lines of description below quote: Taken from the life Jany 1769 & now by desire of several of his old customers dedicated to [the] pious & decent memory of Mr. Wm. Lynch.
Temporary local subject terms: Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act V, Scene 3, line 44 -- William Lynch, publisher, d. 1770? -- Booksellers.
Manuscript note in contemporary hand at bottom of plate: Publish'd Fbr. 29, 1774.
Provenance: Peter Murray Hill, October 1957;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 21.3 x 14.0 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Satires (Visual works) England 1774
Drypoints England London 1774
Etchings England London 1774
Material: etching and drypoint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1774
England > London > 1774

Access: Public
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