Samuel Butler author of Hudibrass [graphic].

[London] : [publisher not identified], [between 1750 and 1800]

1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 16.7 x 13 cm, on sheet 18.4 x 15 cm

wove paper.

George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.

In an oval, a portrait of Samuel Butler, turned to the right and looking at viewer, wearing open jacket with cravat and with loose shoulder length hair.

Samuel Butler author of Hudibras

English

February 22, 2016

Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 308, no. 13