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Description: | Mezzotint, engraving, portrait of John Harrison, doctor, engraved by John Raphael Smith from an oil by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), listed in the artist's account notebook ca.1781 as "Dr Harrison #12.12.0", sitter formerly identified as John Harrison, chronometer maker, 1693-1776; now identified as possibly a surgeon of Derby, died 1787. Portrait, platemark 38x27.6cm, [2nd state?] HL to L, looking to front; oval frame; quotation from Plautus 'Non invenies alterum Lepidiorem ad omnes res, nec qui amicus amico sit magis'.; Chaloner Smith, 1272.74; Wright of Derby / J. Egerton. Tate Gallery, 1990, P23. Woodcroft Collection. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | engraving mezzotint portrait print | Temporal: | 1734-1797 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Wright of Derby, Joseph | Identifier: | http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... | Go to resource |
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