[Epitaph on George Taylor] [graphic].

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Title: [Epitaph on George Taylor] [graphic].
Alternative Title: To the memory of George Taylor whose skill and courage in the manual combat ...
Contributor: Livesay, Richard, -1823?, printmaker, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 March 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd March 1, 1782 by Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarth's Leicester Fields London
Description: Title devised by curator.
Probably by Richard Livesay.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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 : sheet 28 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: 18th century
England > London > 1782
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

Access: Public
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