[Portrait of John Watson] [art original].

Description

Title: [Portrait of John Watson] [art original].
Contributor: Stringer, Daniel, 1754-1806.
Basire, James, 1730-1802.
Published / Created: [17--?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Ink and pencil copy of an eighteenth-century engraved portrait of John Watson, Church of England clergyman and antiquary. Watson is drawn half-length directed to the right, with his head almost in profile, right hand on hip, left holding a scroll in front of him with his elbow propped on an unseen ledge; wearing dark clerical robes with waistband, and white bell-bottomed wig. A numbered .5 cm grid is penciled over the ink drawing
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
A copy of a 1780 engraved portrait by James Basire after Daniel Stringer.
For further information, consult library staff.
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 drawing : image 23.7 x 24 cm, on sheet 30.6 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Graphite drawings British 18th century
Ink drawings British 18th century
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: pen and black ink with graphite pencil ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Watson, John, 1725-1783
Subject (Topic): Portrait drawings
Subjects: Watson, John, 1725-1783 > Portraits
Portrait drawings
British > 18th century

Access: Public
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Citation: Portrait of John Watson. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.