[Portrait of John Watson] [art original].
- Published/Created:
- [England]
[17--?] - Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : pen and black ink with graphite pencil on laid paper ; image 23.7 x 23.4 cm, on sheet 30.6 x 23.5 cm
- Notes:
- Title devised by cataloger.
A copy of a 1780 engraved portrait by James Basire after Daniel Stringer.
From Joseph W. Reed, 1960.
For further information, consult library staff. - Abstract:
- Ink and pencil copy of an eighteenth-century engraved portrait of John Watson, Church of England clergyman and antiquary. Watson is drawn half-length directed to the right, with his head almost in profile, right hand on hip, left holding a scroll in front of him with his elbow propped on an unseen ledge; wearing dark clerical robes with waistband, and white bell-bottomed wig. A numbered .5 cm grid is penciled over the ink drawing.
- Topics:
- Portrait drawings
Watson, John, 1725-1783 - Topics:
- Basire, James, 1730-1802
Stringer, Daniel, 1754-1806 - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Graphite drawings -- British -- 18th century
Ink drawings -- British -- 18th century
Watermarks (Paper) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 11 Box D155
- Orbis Record:
- 10115717
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr17745
- Citation:
- Portrait of John Watson. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
- Volume/Enumeration:
- Digital version
- OID:
- 11138691
- PID:
- digcoll:2754567