Volume 11, opposite page 234. A biographical history of England, from Egbert the Great to the
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1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on the presumed late-1790s assembly date for the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., Probably a copy of a late seventeenth-century engraving by Robert White; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1863,0214.513. See also: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 390., and Bound in opposite page 234 in volume 11 of an extra-illustrated copy of James Granger's A biographical history of England, from Egbert the Great to the Revolution.
Portrait of George Griffith after Robert White, half length in an oval, long hair, wearing bands and gown, holding a book; curtain in the background to left, bookshelf to right, with inscribed motto 'Most gladly would I Learne & gladly Teach'.
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local record., Copy of 17th century engraving by Robert White. Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits, v. 2, p. 390., and For further information, consult library staff.
