BIB_ID
459923
Accession number
MA 176 E43
Creator
Collyer, Joseph, 1748-1827, engraver.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1890. NNPM
Description
1 print : stipple engraving ; image: 99 x 75 mm (oval); plate mark: 177 x 112 mm; sheet: 173 x 110 mm
Notes
Caption title.
A later state of Collyer's engraving, with the engraver's name and publication line removed. Cf. British Museum online catalog
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark and inlaid in sheet 269 x 206 mm. NNPM
A later state of Collyer's engraving, with the engraver's name and publication line removed. Cf. British Museum online catalog
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark and inlaid in sheet 269 x 206 mm. NNPM
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1890. NNPM
Summary
Portrait; head and shoulders to right, head almost in profile, holding a picture of the surface of the moon in front of him with his left hand, labelled; wearing a plain suit, the coat open to reveal the waistcoat and a frilled cravat, with powdered hair tied at the nape; in an oval. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
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