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William Blake
1757-1827
Edmund Pitts, esq. / ad viv. del J. Earle armig ; Guliels. Blake sculp.
1790?
stipple engraving
oval image: 181 x 138 mm; plate mark: 242 x 175 mm; sheet: 341 x 250 mm
Gift of Mr. Herman Cohen.
1980.79:1
Notes
"This is said to have been a private plate."--Keynes.
Stipple engraving by Blake after a portrait by
The 2nd state.
Stipple engraving by Blake after a portrait by
The 2nd state.
Provenance
Herman Cohen, Sandy Hook, Conn.
Summary
Portrait of Edmund Pitts, surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, being an oval design with half length portrait of Pitts in profile, facing left.
Associated names
Cohen, Herman, former owner.
Earl, James, 1761-1796, artist.
Earl, James, 1761-1796, artist.
Bibliography
Engravings by William Blake : the separate plates / Geoffrey Keynes. Dublin : Emery Walker, 1956, no. 36.<br>The Engravings of William Blake / Archibald G.B. Russell. Boston, 1912, no. 76.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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