print
- Museum number
- 1843,0513.323
- Title
- Series: Birch's Heads
- Description
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Portrait of Samuel Garth, bust in profile to right but looking over his shoulder at the viewer, wearing a long wig; in an ornamental oval with oak leaves above; a cartouche below showing a man standing in a laboratory; state before finished portrait; after Godfrey Kneller. 1748
Engraving and etching
- Production date
- 1748
- Dimensions
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Height: 356 millimetres
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Width: 220 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For comment on the series see also 1844,0511.13. For an impression of a later state and comment see 1979,U.401.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Engraved by Mr Houbraken and by Mr Vertue (London, 1743-1752)
- Acquisition date
- 1843
- Acquisition notes
- 1843,0513.1 to 504 were purchased from W & G Smith as a group for £543 5s 6d. A few individual prices over £5 were recorded and have been separately entered. Otherwise they are recorded as 12 blocks, each with its own sub-price.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1843,0513.323