[Unidentified portrait] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Unidentified portrait] [graphic].
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [14 February 1783]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 14th Feb. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond St.
Abstract: Head-and-shoulder portrait of a gentleman in profile to the right in a bag wig and ruffled shirt. He has a very long, beak-like nose and wears spectacles
Description: Title from British Museum catalogue.
Beginning of imprint statement is lightly etched and barely visible.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 11.0 x 9.1 cm, on sheet 13.8 x 11.5 cm.
Mounted on leaf 21 of volume 7 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 11.1 x 9.2 cm, on sheet 15 x 13 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Caricatures England 1783
Etchings England London 1783
Material: etching, hand-colored ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Eyeglasses
Wigs
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Eyeglasses
Wigs
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1783
England > London > 1783
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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