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John Playfair, Esq. F.R.S.

Maker

(artist)
1756-1823

(engraver)
1795-1836 (active)

(publisher)
1773-1836

(publisher)
1764-1820

Title

John Playfair, Esq. F.R.S.

Date of Production

1816

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 31.6 cm
Width: 23.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5847.107

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





academic

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : JOHN PLAYFAIR, ESQ. F.R.S. / Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. Engraved by R. Cooper from an original Picture by / H. RAEBURN, ESQ. R.A. / PUBLISHED APRIL 1, 1816, BY T.CADELL & W.DAVIES, STRAND, LONDON. //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin left & recto : : Brit. Gall. Contemp. Ports. 1822. //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right & verso : : WITT / LIBRARY //

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