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Portrait of James Boswell

Maker

(artist)
1741-1825

(engraver)

(publisher)
1769-1837

Title

Portrait of James Boswell

Date of Production

1808

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Height: 27.2 cm
Width: 20.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4165.13

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

Keywords









Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: James Boswell

Inscription: Recto: lower margin, printed: G. Dance R.A. delt. April 18 1793. Wm. Daniell sculp.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: Published by Wm. Daniell, No. 9. Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, Novr. 1st. 1808.

Inscription: Recto: upper left margin, stamped: P.1.

Inscription: Recto: lower right margin, printed: T.O.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, handwritten in pen: G. DANCE

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, clipping from publication affixed to verso, printed: JAMES BOSWELL, / ... [30 lines text]

Stamp: Verso: left margin, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY

Inscription: Verso: lower right margin, handwritten in pencil: G.1990.WL.4165.13

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