[Invitation to the funeral of Dr. John Ward] [graphic] / Coypel invt. ; Thos. Loveday sculp

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11134798

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Title
[Invitation to the funeral of Dr. John Ward] [graphic] / Coypel invt. ; Thos. Loveday sculp
Alternative Title
Sir, you are desired to attend the funeral of Dr. John Ward
Contributor
Coypel, Charles-Antoine, 1694-1752, artist.
Loveday, John, 1711-1789, printmaker.
Published / Created
[1758]
Publication Place
England
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

An invitation to the funeral of Dr. John Ward, Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College, Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies, and trustee of the Britisih Museum

Description
Title devised by cataloger.
Added title from letterpress text set in the image.
Possibly Charles Antoine Coypel (printmaker; painter/draughtsman; French; 1694-1752)? J. Loveday amateur printmaker?
First line of text: Sir, you are desired to attend the funeral of Dr. John Ward, from his apartments in Gresham College to the burying-ground at Bunhill ... the 24th of October, 1758 ...
Lewis Walpole Library impression: With extensive contemporary annotations including a transcription of the Latin text on Ward's monument on the verso. Newspaper clipping of his obituary from October 18 mounted above the image and numbered "323". The sheet has been trimmed with a loss of the name of the addressee and other text[?] on verso and recto. With ms. note laid in, possibly a transcription for a caption with biographical details of John Ward and signed: "[...]bster pinxit ; Jacobus Macardell scalpsit."
Extent
1 print : plate mark 24.3 x 29 cm, on sheet 32 x 35 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
File 66 758 In62+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Engravings England London 1758
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Obituaries
Ephemera
Invitations
Material
engraving with stipple ;
Subject (Name)
Ward, John, 1678-1758
Subject (Topic)
Death and burial
Memorial rites & ceremonies
Death
Monuments & memorials
Memorials
Subjects
Ward, John, 1678-1758 > Death and burial
Memorial rites & ceremonies
Death
Monuments & memorials
Memorials
England > London > 1758
18th century

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9962140
Object ID (OID)
11134798

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