English poets [graphic]

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Title: English poets [graphic]
Creator: Landseer, John, 1769-1852, printmaker
Contributor: Newton, James, 1748-approximately 1804, printmaker.
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, artist.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: May 20, 1795.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Abstract: "Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Milton, Fletcher, Waller, Jonson, Cowley, Butler, Shakespeare, Spencer, Chaucer and Surrey on a mountain with waterfall in foreground and Pegasus flying above."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text within image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Plate [135] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Provenance: Gift of Francis B. Trowbridge to the Yale University Library, 1904. Transferred to Lewis Walpole Library, September 1965.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 48 x 33 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title: Plate [135] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the first artists in the country, illustrative of the history of England.
Collection/Other Creator: Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834
Collection Date: London : Printed for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall; by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1812.

Genre: Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1795
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Milton, John, 1608-1674,
Fletcher, John, 1579-1625,
Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687,
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637,
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667,
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680,
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616,
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599,
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400,
Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1517?-1547,
Subject (Topic): Pegasus (Greek mythology)
Waterfalls
Subjects: Milton, John, 1608-1674
Fletcher, John, 1579-1625
Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1517?-1547
Pegasus (Greek mythology)
Waterfalls
England > London > 1795

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