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Lord Byron
Title
[Lord Byron] [graphic] / painted by Thos. Phillips R.A. ; engraved by Robert Graves.
Edition
[Proof with etched letters].
Publication
London : Published by Hodgson & Graves, Feby. 1, 1836.
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 38.3 x 26.6 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from later state.
For a later state with title added and with statements of responsibility and publication line re-engraved, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1859,0709.1271.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Borden Sale, American Art Gallery, 17-19 February 1913, lot 812. Rains Galleries, New York, NY, 27 November 1935 (W.D. Breaker sale), lot 688, bought in by Breaker.
Summary
"Portrait of Lord Byron, over half-length, directed to right, with head turned to look to left, leaning on a table with his right hand; wearing a dark gown over ornate coat, and shirt with broad collar, fastened with jewel at the neck, and ring on the ring finger of his right hand; after Phillips, proof with etched letters."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 02, 2024
References
Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 313, no. 21
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Etchings - England - London - 1836.
Engravings - England - London - 1836.
Proofs.
Also listed under
Hodgson & Graves, publisher.
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