Accession No

3512

Brief Description

engraving, portrait of Edmund Halley, by W. T. Fry, English, 19th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

Fry, W. T. [engraver] Knight, Charles [publisher]

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

265 x 179mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

Engraved by W. T. Fry
HALLEY.
From an original Picture asribed to Dahl, in the possession of the Royal Society.
Under the Superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
London. Published by Charles Knight. Pall Mall East.

Description Notes

Black and white stipple engraving of Edmund Halley, made by W. T. Fry, after a painting ascribed to Dahl.

Condition - fair (discolouration on and around portrait)

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