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Michael Dahl
Title
Michael Dahl [graphic] / seipse pinxit ; T. Chambars sculp.
Publication
[Twickenham] : [Strawberry Hill Press], [approximately 1762]
Physical Description
1 print : engraving and etching ; sheet 17.3 x 14 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared.
Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780].
Probably engraved after Dahl's self-portrait in watercolor that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"Vol. 4, p. 6"--Above image in upper right.
Provenance
Sotheby's 14 July 1924 (Miscellaneous sale), lot 183 to Spencer. Formerly owned by Kirgate's friend William Bawtree (1744-1824) engraver.
Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
Summary
"Portrait of Michael Dahl, half-length, in an oval, slightly turned to the right, a mantle about his shoulders and a banyan cap on his head."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 12, 2016
References
Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 1
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Book illustrations.
Portrait prints.
Engravings - England - London - 1762.
Etchings - England - London - 1762.
Also listed under
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
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