print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1892,0714.788
- Title
- Object: René Des Cartes
- Description
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Portrait of French philosopher René Descartes, bust directed to left and looking to front, with long hair, moustache and small beard, and wearing cloak and collar edged with lace; within oval, with below a small rectangular scene showing two female allegories. 1800
Etching and stipple
- Production date
- 1800
- Dimensions
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Height: 164 millimetres (plate-mark)
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Width: 112 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Possibly an illustration to the 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature ... Embellished by ... engravings. Compiled ... by John Wilkes' (24 volumes, published 1810-1829, primarily by J. Wilkes, some volumes by G Jones).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Encyclopaedia Londinensis (?)
- Acquisition date
- 1892
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1892,0714.788
