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Portrait of William Penn

Maker

(artist)
1738-1820

(engraver)
1798-1884

(publisher)

Title

Portrait of William Penn

Date of Production

mid-19th century

Medium

Stipple engraving

Dimensions

Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 18.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3522

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Stamp: Recto: upper right, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY

Maker's mark: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Engraved by J. Posselwhite.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: WILLIAM PENN. / From the Print by J. Hall / after the Picture by West. / Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

Maker's mark: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: London, Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street.

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