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Description: | Portrait of Ben Johnson, as if part of an architectural design or tomb, with carved and engraved stone 'frame'. Below is a child faun holding a jester headed sceptre, a stringed musical instrument, books, a mask, a dog [?].
Printed below image 'J. Houbraken sculpsit.'/'In the collection of Dr. Mead'/'Impressis I. & P. Knapton Londini 1738.'/'I.Oliver pinx.'
With biography printed on mount.
Accession number: NCM 1902-84 | Subjects: | allegory literature portraits | Temporal: | 1738 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | by HOUBRAKEN/Jacobus (1698 - 1780) after OLIVER/Isaac (1556-1617) | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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