Bacon [graphic]

Description

Title: Bacon [graphic]
Alternative Title: Portrait of Lord Chancellor Bacon
Creator: Blackberd, C., active 1784-1810, printmaker
Contributor: Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: March 1800.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Abstract: "Portrait of Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, bust-length to left, looking towards right, wearing a tall dark hat, lace ruff, and cloak over ornate doublet; in an oval on stepped pedestal, with scene from classical mythology at the front, within rectangular frame; illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text within image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Plate [136] 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 [136] 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.

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