print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: K,57.85
Title: Series: Bowyer's History of England
Description: Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Purcell, Croft, Blow, Arne and Boyce on a decorative plaque surmounted by a lyre. 1801 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Drayton; After: Robert Smirke; Published by: Robert Bowyer
School/style
Production date: 1801
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 473 millimetres (sheet); Width: 335 millimetres (sheet)
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Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Illustration to: David Hume; Portrait of: Henry Purcell; Portrait of: John Blow; Portrait of: William Croft; Portrait of: Thomas Augustine Arne; Portrait of: William Boyce
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: K,57.85

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