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Colley Cibber Esqr., late Poet-Laureat [print] / J.B. Vanloo pinx. 1740 ; Edwd. Fisher fecit.

BIB_ID
413436
Accession number
MA 205.22
Creator
Fisher, Edward, 1722-1781 or 1782, engraver.
Published
[London] : [publisher not identified], 1758.
Credit line
Purchased, 1896.
Description
1 print : mezzotint ; image: 327 x 256 mm ; plate mark: 360 x 256 mm ; sheet: 365 x 264 mm
Notes
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
3/4 legth portrait seated 3/4 to the left beside table, holding a sheet of paper and a quill, eyes to front, with a young woman at left drawing away the quill from his right hand.
Classification