[A portrait of Mr. William Lynch, seller of pamphlets] [graphic]Bretherton, Charles, -1783, printmaker[29 February 1774]eng"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 catalogueTitle 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.