Dobson's father in the Cabinet at Houghton / [graphic]

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Title: Dobson's father in the Cabinet at Houghton / [graphic]
Creator: Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker
Contributor: Farington, George, 1752-1788, artist.
Dobson, William, 1611-1646, artist.
Boydell, John, 1720-1804, publisher.
Published / Created: [30 September 1776]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Sepr. 30th, 1776, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
Abstract: "Portrait, head and shoulders, of an old man with loose, curling hair to his shoulders, and a plain white collar, three-quarter to right, looking down to centre."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Text below title: Size of the picture, 1 f. 3 i. by 1 f. 6 i. in height.
Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat.
Plate 30 in the first volume of: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia ... London : J. & J. Boydell, 1788.
On same sheet: Innocent the Tenth.
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 15.4 x 11 cm, on sheet 68 x 52 cm
Language: English

Genre: Book illustrations
Reproductions
Portrait prints
Mezzotints England London 1776
Material: mezzotint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > London > 1776
Borden, Matthew C. D. (Matthew Chaloner Durfee), 1842-1912 > Ownership
Breaker, William D. > Ownership

Access: Public
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