Accession No

5741

Brief Description

B&W engraving of John Playfair

Origin

Maker

Nicholson.W. (etcher)

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1819

Latest Date

1819

Inscription Date

1819

Material

paper

Dimensions

width 322mm; height 436mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Grosvenor Prints, 28 Shelton St, Covent Gdn, London, England from 23/06/1999.

Inscription

‘WN f+
1819’ (printed in corner)
‘No4’ (pencil top right)
‘John Playfair .... Professor of Natural Philosophy
Etched by W.Nicholson’ (pencil below portrait)

Description Notes

Portrait of Playfair seated by a globe, printed in B&W on thin paper which is stuck to a thicker paper mount.
Complete, good condition

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