[Portraits of eminent lawyers, with a bust of Alfred] [graphic]

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Title: [Portraits of eminent lawyers, with a bust of Alfred] [graphic]
Creator: Landseer, John, 1769-1852, printmaker
Contributor: Chapman, J. active 1792-1823.
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, artist.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [23 July 1795]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 23 July 1795 by R. Bowyer
Abstract: "Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Sir William Gascoigne, Sir Thomas Littleton, Sir Nicholas Bacon, Sir James Dyer, Sir Hatten, Sir Edmund Anderson, Sir Henry Hobart, Sir Edward Coke and Lord Coventry on a wall, surmounted by a bust of Alfred, with book, sword and staff with snake lying in foreground, obelisk behind, partly obscured by clouds."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate [66] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Provenance: Gift of Francis B. Trowbridge to the Yale University Library, 1904. Transferred to Lewis Walpole Library, September 1965.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 48 x 33 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title: Plate [66] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the first artists in the country, illustrative of the history of England.
Collection / Other Creator: Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834
Collection Date: London : Printed for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall; by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1812.

Genre: Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1795
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Gascoigne, William, Sir, 1419,
Littleton, Thomas, Sir, -1481,
Bacon, Nicholas, Sir, 1509-1579,
Dyer, James, Sir, 1510-1582,
Hatton, Christopher, Sir, 1540-1591,
Anderson, Edmund, 1530-1605,
Hobart, Henry, Sir, -1625,
Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634,
Coventry, Thomas Coventry, Baron, 1578-1640,
Alfred, King of England, 849-899,
Subjects: Gascoigne, William, Sir, 1419
Littleton, Thomas, Sir, -1481
Bacon, Nicholas, Sir, 1509-1579
Dyer, James, Sir, 1510-1582
Hatton, Christopher, Sir, 1540-1591
Anderson, Edmund, 1530-1605
Hobart, Henry, Sir, -1625
Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634
Coventry, Thomas Coventry, Baron, 1578-1640
Alfred, King of England, 849-899
England > London > 1795

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