BIB_ID
413400
Accession number
MA 205.16
Creator
Smith, William, active 1773-1776, engraver
Published
London : Published Decr. 1st. 1775 by J. Thane, Gerrard Street, Soho, 1775.
Credit line
Purchased, 1896.
Description
1 print : mezzotint ; image: 263 x 225 mm ; plate mark: 324 x 225 mm ; sheet: 334 x 234 mm
Notes
State I of II, with scratched lettering and without the added inscription in the later state. Cf. Chaloner Smith.
Formerly housed with the manuscript of Johnson's Life of Pope and other items; for more information see main record for MA 205.
Formerly housed with the manuscript of Johnson's Life of Pope and other items; for more information see main record for MA 205.
Provenance
Purchased from the London dealer Sotheran, 1896.
Summary
Portrait bust of John Gay in an oval frame set in a rectangle, back turned directed to right, looking over his shoulder towards the viewer, wearing a loose gown and soft cap.
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