Matthew Prior Esqr [graphic]

Description

Title: Matthew Prior Esqr [graphic]
Creator: Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
Contributor: Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, artist.
Published / Created: [1719]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Portrait, three-quarter length; seated slightly to left on a high-back chair, with head turned to look towards right; wearing a cap, long open coat over buttoned waistcoat, shirt with lace ruffles at the wrists, and cravat; his right arm resting on a table, holding a quill pen in his hand; his left hand inside breast of coat; after Richardson; touched impression."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption below image.
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 375 x 276 mm, on sheet 443 x 325 mm
Language: English

Access: Public
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