W. Wycherley [print] / P. Lely Eques pinx ; I. Smith fec.

Record ID: 
413348
Accession number: 
MA 205.13
Author: 
Smith, J. (John), 1652-1743, engraver
Published: 
[England] : [publisher not identified], 1703.
Credit: 
Purchased, 1896.
Description: 
1 print : mezzotint ; image: 230 x 192 mm ; sheet: 268 x 197 mm
Notes: 

Lettered with title, after which: Ætatis Suæ. 28 - Quantum mutatus ab illo. Virg.
Chaloner Smith notes that this state was published as a frontispiece portrait in Wycherley's Miscellany poems (London : C. Brome, et al., 1704).
Formerly housed with the manuscript of Johnson's Life of Pope and other items; for more information see main record for MA 205.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.

Summary: 

Oval portrait of William Wycherley shoulders turned 3/4 to the left, his face turned towards the fron, facing the viewer, wearing long wig, lace cravat, and gown.

Provenance: 
Purchased from the London dealer Sotheran, 1896.
Classification: