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Hearnius behold! in closet close y-pent
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Hearnius behold! in closet close y-pent [graphic] / Parr scul.
Publication
London : [publisher not identified], printed in the year MDCCXXXVI [1736]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 6.9 x 5.9 cm, on sheet 10 x 8 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from first line of letterpress verse surrounding the image.
Engraved from Hearne's portrait by Tillemans.
Four lines of satirical verse printed around the plate: Hearnius, behold! in closet close y-pent, Of sober face, with learned dust besprent, To future ages will his dulness last, Who hath preserv'd the dulness of the past.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Not in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits ... in the British Museum.
Provenance
Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 30, 2009
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires - England - 1736.
Portrait prints.
Engravings - England - London - 1736.
Etchings - England - London - 1736.
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