Accession No

5742

Brief Description

black and white print, portrait of Charles Lyell, by P. S. Duval after J. E. Mayall, U.S.A., 1846

Origin

U.S.A.; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Chesnut and 5th Street

Maker

Duval, P. S. [engraver] Mayall, J. E. [original artist and publisher]

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1846

Latest Date

1846

Inscription Date

1846

Material

paper

Dimensions

width 397mm; height 561mm

Special Collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘From a daguerrotype by J.E. Mayall. P.S. Duval, Lith. Phila . On Stone by Albert Newsam
Chalyell
CHARLES LYELL ESQR. F.R.S. F.G.S.
PUBLISHED BY J.E. MAYALL. AT HIS Gallery, Chesnut & 5th St. Phila.
Entered according to act of congress in the year 1846 by J.E.Mayall, in the clerk’s Office of the District Court of theEastern District of Pa.’ (printed beneath picture)

Description Notes

B&W engraving of Charles Lyell, standing resting one arm on a book upon a small table.
Good condition, complete.

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