[Poets] [graphic]

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Title: [Poets] [graphic]
Creator: Landseer, John, 1769-1852, printmaker
Contributor: Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, artist.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [2 November 1796]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Nov. 2, 1796, by R. Bowyer
Abstract: "Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; vignette with eight portrait medallions of poets on a stone standing in water with lyre in centre, weeping willow overhanging and temple of muses behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Plate [183] 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 [183] 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 1796
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Subject (Name): Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718,
Dryden, John, 1631-1700,
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719,
Wycherley, William, 1640-1716,
Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721,
Subject (Topic): Poets
Subjects: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
Dryden, John, 1631-1700
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719
Wycherley, William, 1640-1716
Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721
Poets > England
England > London > 1796

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