Joannes Taylor Medicus, in optica expertissimus, multisque in academiis celeberimis socius [graphic] / Chevalier Ryche Roma pinx. ; J. Faber Londini fecit

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Description

Title
Joannes Taylor Medicus, in optica expertissimus, multisque in academiis celeberimis socius [graphic] / Chevalier Ryche Roma pinx. ; J. Faber Londini fecit
Creator
Faber, John, 1695?-1756, printmaker
Contributor
Ryche, Paul, active 1713-1740, artist.
Published / Created
[between 1740 and 1756]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"Portrait, half-length, in profile to righ, left hand on low parapet next to him, the elbow turned out, gesturing up and to his side with right hand, looking towards the viewer, wearing a long wig, coat with large cuffs, and a heavy, decorated cloak thrown over right shoulder and brought round across the front to beneath his hand on the parapet."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
With eight lines of verse in Latin beginning: Effigiem Taylor, tibi qui demissus ab alto est ... ..cui laudes saecula longa canant.
On page 84 in volume 1.
Ms. pencil note in Steevens hand above print: Doctor Taylor.
Provenance
George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 152 x 101 mm, on sheet 159 x 106 mm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Mezzotints England London 1740
Material
mezzotint ;
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Taylor, John, 1703-1772,
Subject (Topic)
Physicians
Subjects
Taylor, John, 1703-1772
Physicians
England > London > 1740
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Rights
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Identifiers

Catalog Record
12406528
Object ID (OID)
16193961

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