Philip Thicknesse Esqr. [graphic].

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Title: Philip Thicknesse Esqr. [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created: [14 September 1790]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Septr. 14th, 1790, by J. Ridgway, York Street, St. James's Sque
Abstract: Half-length portrait in an oval, Philip Thicknessee looking right, frowning and brow knit
Description: Title engraved below image.
Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Frontispiece from: Curious facts and anecdotes not contained in the memoirs of Philip Thicknesse ...
Below title quote from Horace beginning: Absentem qui rodit amicum ...
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 : oval design 8.5 x 6.8 cm, on sheet 15 x 10 cm
Edition: [State without a scroll above Thicknesse's portrait].
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Book illustrations
Engravings England London 1790
Etchings England London 1790
Material: etching & stipple engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Thicknesse, Philip, 1719-1792,
Subjects: Thicknesse, Philip, 1719-1792
England > London > 1790

Access: Public
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