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Captain Coram projector of the Foundling Hospital
Title
Captain Coram projector of the Foundling Hospital [graphic] / N. Parr sculp.
Publication
[London] : Printed for R. Baldwin Junr. at the Rose in Pater Noster Row, [1749]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 16.6 x 11 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from text in image.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printmaker's signature and imprint from bottom edge, and periodical's name and date from top edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1880,1113.4783.
Plate from: The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : R. Baldwin, v. 18 (1749), opposite p. 239.
"Engrav'd for [the] London magazine 1749"--Above image.
Provenance
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.
Summary
Portrait of philanthropist Thomas Coram, shown bust-length to right within oval frame, eyes to the right, his shoulder-length hair loose, wearing plain, open coat and white necktie; after Hogarth. Below frame, a "frontview of [the] Founding Hospital."
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 27, 2016
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Periodical illustrations.
Etchings - England - London - 1749.
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