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Portrait Engravings

Print
1973 (Published), 1974 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Black and white wood engraving showing to portraits of figures, on young and one old, wearing elaborate wigs, hats and masks.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Portrait Engravings (assigned by artist)
  • Letters to his son (series title)
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving, ink on paper.
Brief description
'Portrait Engravings', wood engraving by Richard Shirley Smith for Letters to his son by the Earl of Chesterfield, published by the Folio Society, 1973, printed in Britain, 1974.
Physical description
Black and white wood engraving showing to portraits of figures, on young and one old, wearing elaborate wigs, hats and masks.
Copy number
33/60
Marks and inscriptions
33/60 Richard Shirley Smith '74 Engr:Cat:217-228
Credit line
Given by Richard Shirley Smith
Bibliographic reference
The wood engravings of Richard Shirley Smith, Cambridge: 1994
Collection
Accession number
E.746-2022

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Record createdJanuary 5, 2017
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