A whole-length standing portrait of Dr. Bragge who is pictured as a very fat and round-shouldered man who leans both hands on a walking-stick and wears a loose overcoat and pince-nez. Illustration to a letter describing Dr. Robert Bragge, a collector who "... generally goes by the name of the Connoisseur".
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London, 1768-[1776], v. 8, p. 69.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bragge, Robert, Dr. 1700-1777
Subject (Topic):
Antiquarians, Collectors, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)
Title from item. and Temporary local subject terms: First partition of Poland, 1772 -- Allusion to Russo-Prussian Treaty, February 17, 1772 -- Allusion to first Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774 -- Maps: map of Poland -- Scales -- Imprisonment.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789, Stanisław II August, King of Poland, 1732-1798, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Dated in British Museum catalogue: 1 October 1772., and Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 9, p. 128.
