Title
The Abyssinian traveller [graphic] / E. Topham invt.
Published
[London] : Pub. by MDarly, Decr 9, 1775.
Physical Description
1 print : drypoint & etching ; plate mark 248 x 174 mm, on sheet 26 x 18 cm
Notes
Title from item.
Verses below title: "O thou whose active search has dar'd explore far distant realms and climes unknown before; thy toils now finished and thy dangers past, spite of thyself we fix thee here at last."
Publisher's initials MD form a monogram.
Summary
Facing right wearing sword and with hat under his right arm, a full-length James Bruce holds book entitled "Travels into Abyssinia".
Added to Catalog
December 05, 2003
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, no. 5317
Genre/Form
Drypoints - England - London - 1775.
Etchings - England - London - 1775.