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print
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frontispiece
Object Type
print
frontispiece
Museum number
1848,1125.331
Description
Portrait of Charles Lamb; half length, to the right, standing, in Spanish dress; a curtain in background; after Hazlitt; frontispiece to 'The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb' (Moxon, 1836) Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Edward Smith
After:
William Hazlitt
Published by:
Edward Moxon
School/style
British
Production date
1836
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
204 millimetres
Width:
133 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The painting by Hazlitt is in the National Portrait Gallery. See NPG 507.
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(4)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Charles Lamb
Illustration to:
Charles Lamb
Associated titles
Associated Title:
The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Beckford
Acquisition date
1848
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1848,1125.331