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George Vertue, Engraver (1684-1756) - Richardson - 1805
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George Vertue, Engraver (1684-1756)

ArtistRichardson
EngraverThomas Chambars (1724-1789)
Date1805
TechniqueEtching
CategoryPortraits
SourceA Dictionary of Painters From the Revival of the Art to the Present Period by the Rev. M.Pilkington A.M., a New Edition, With Considerable Alterations, Additions, an Appendix and an Index by Henry Fuseli R.A. - London. Printed by John Crowder, Warwick Square

Description

Portrait of the prominent antiquarian and engraver George Vertue (1684-1756) at the age of 61 (as noted by the inscription). Vertue documented British artistic heritage and maintained extensive diaries valuable to art history.