print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: P,8.208
Title: Object: Garth
Description: Portrait of Samuel Garth; bust, to the right, head turned to front; wearing large curled wig, jacket, and cravat; in roundel with garlands and ribbon on pedestal; after Kneller; proof of final state before use as an illustration to Johnson's 'Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets' (1779-1781). Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: James Caldwall; After: Sir Godfrey Kneller
School/style
Production date: 1779-1781
Materials
Technique: engraving; etching
Dimensions: Height: 169 millimetres; Width: 104 millimetres (platemark)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For the published state see 1900,1231.1167
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Sir Samuel Garth; Associated with: Dr Samuel Johnson
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1799
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: P,8.208

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