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Object Type
Museum number: 1980,U.849
Description: Copy of the portrait of John Smith on his 1616 map of New England; half length, to the right, in oval frame without the emblems of the original. Etching and engraving
Producer name: After: Simon van de Passe; Published by: William Richardson
School/style
Production date: 1790s (c.)
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: engraving; etching
Dimensions: Height: 177 millimetres; Width: 134 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For an impression of the original map and comment, see G,8.172.
Bibliographic references: Hind 1952-64 / Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (II.273.63) (after); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (8) (after); O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (2)
Location: Not on display
Associated names
Acquisition date: 1753-1980
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1980,U.849

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