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A celebrated connoisseur
Title
A celebrated connoisseur [graphic].
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1772]
Physical Description
1 print : etching & engraving ; sheet 16 x 10 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London, 1768-[1776], v. 8, p. 69.
Summary
A whole-length standing portrait of Dr. Bragge who is pictured as a very fat and round-shouldered man who leans both hands on a walking-stick and wears a loose overcoat and pince-nez. Illustration to a letter describing Dr. Robert Bragge, a collector who "... generally goes by the name of the Connoisseur".
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 14, 2008
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, no. 4769
Subjects
Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1772.
Periodical illustrations - England - 1772.
Etchings - England - London - 1772.
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