[English poets] [graphic]

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Title: [English poets] [graphic]
Creator: Parker, James, 1750-1805, printmaker
Contributor: Medland, Thomas, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker.
Newton, James, 1748-approximately 1804, printmaker.
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, artist.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: Dec. 1797.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Abstract: "Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions Pattison, Congreave, Gay, Pope, Swift and Thomson on a monolith, at the foot of which a nymph sits holding a jester's staff, watched by a faun climbing over the top."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Plate [186] 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 [186] 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 1797
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Pattison, William, 1706-1727,
Congreve, William, 1670-1729,
Gay, John, 1685-1732,
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744,
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745,
Thomson, James, 1700-1748,
Subjects: Pattison, William, 1706-1727
Congreve, William, 1670-1729
Gay, John, 1685-1732
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Thomson, James, 1700-1748
England > London > 1797

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