Cornelius Caton (of the White Lion Richmond) / [graphic]

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Title: Cornelius Caton (of the White Lion Richmond) / [graphic]
Creator: Graves, Robert, 1798-1873, printmaker
Contributor: Whiteley, T. H., publisher.
Young, H. R., publisher.
Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?, artist.
Published / Created: [1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: H.R. Young and T.H. Whitely
Abstract: "Portrait of the landlord of the White Lion in Richmond; standing full length, holding out tankard of foaming beer in left hand; wearing wide-brimmed hat; in exterior setting with fields in background, and fence on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Publication information from that of the volume for which this plate was engraved.
Plate from: Caulfield, J. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons ... London : H.R. Young and T.H. Whitely, 1820, v. 3, opposite page 173.
Copy of an earlier print by George Bickham the Elder after Goodall; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 15.7 cm, on sheet 30.2 x 23.4 cm.
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 25.1 x 16 cm, on sheet 30.1 x 23 cm
Language: English

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