print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1901,1022.1747
- Title
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Object: Spalding
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Object: Moncrif
- Description
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Two images printed on the same sheet, recto and verso: portrait of John Spalding, bust in an oval within a hatched rectangular frame, directed to left, looking towards the viewer, wearing bands and wig; illustration to Lavater's 'Essays on Physiognomy', Vol. I p. 224; portrait of François-Augustin Paradis de Moncrif, bust directed to left, looking towards the viewer with a slight smile, wearing long wig and lace cravat, after La Tour; illustration to Lavater, Vol. I, p. 223. 1789-98
Line etching
- Production date
- 1789-1798
- Dimensions
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Height: 135 millimetres (platemark of image (see curator's comment))
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Height: 314 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 125 millimetres (platemark of image)
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Width: 256 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1860,1013.157 for an impression of the Subscription Proposal, with information on the publication.
The dimensions of the plate of Moncrif are certain, but as it is printed on the other side of the sheet at the same space, the platemark of that of Spalding is less clear, and it may be smaller, but obscured by the shadow of the frame of the other showing through the paper.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Essays on Physiognomy
- Acquisition date
- 1895
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1901,1022.1747