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print
;
book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1874,1010.204
Title
Object:
Sr. Joseph Jekyll Knt.
Description
Portrait, bust to right, looking to front; wearing a long wig, ornate robes, and cravat; in roundel frame; after Dahl; illustration to Smollett's 'History of England' (1757); cut from the publication. 1757 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Simon François Ravenet I
After:
Michael Dahl
School/style
British
Production date
1757
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
107 millimetres
Width:
102 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
O'Donoghue attributes the plates to W P Benoist.
Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust.
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(3)
(?)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Right Hon Sir Joseph Jekyll
Illustration to:
Tobias George Smollett
Associated titles
Associated Title:
History of England
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
John Buttler
Acquisition date
1874
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1874,1010.204