Accession No

0884

Brief Description

print, portrait of James Ferguson, engraved by R. Stewart, from a painting by John Townsend, English, 1776

Origin

England

Maker

Townsend, John Stewart, R.

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1776

Latest Date

1776

Inscription Date

1776

Material

paper

Dimensions

breadth 292mm; height 404mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from M. Gardener, London, England, in 10/1938.

Inscription

‘John Townsend pinxt.’
‘Published Decr 7th 1776.’
‘James Ferguson F.R.S.’
‘Printed for Robt Stewart, Engraver & Modeller of Portraits in Wax, no. 15 Millman Street, Bedford Mews, Holborn’

Description Notes

Print, portrait of James Ferguson, engraved by R. Stewart, from a painting by John Townsend, English, 1776

Condition: good; complete.

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