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Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
after drawing by Johann Caspar Lavater, 1741–1801
after print by Adam Ludwig Wirsing, 1733–1797
after Johann Heinrich Lips, 1758–1817
Published by Joseph Johnson, 1738–1809
Title:
Rev. John Caspar Lavater
Date:
1800
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/8 × 11 9/16 inches (36.5 × 29.4 cm), Image: 10 1/16 × 8 3/8 inches (25.6 × 21.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "40."; lower right: "Fine | Blake"

Lettered below image: "Blake Sculp.t | REV. JOHN CASPAR LAVATER. | of Zurich. Born 1741. Died 1801. | Pubd. May 1. 1800, by J. Johnson, in Saint Paul's Church Yard. London, from a Drawing in his Possession, taken in 1787"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.484
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cap | coats | cravat | curls | engraving (printing process) | man | nose | oval | portrait | profile | reverend | theologian
Associated People:
Lavater, John Caspar (1741–1801), theologian
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6140
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