Portrait of the Poet, John Dryden

Jean-Baptiste de Grateloup after Godfrey Kneller1765

Details

Title: Portrait of the Poet, John Dryden
Creator: Jean-Baptiste de Grateloup after Godfrey Kneller
Date Created: 1765
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “IB Grateloup s.”; inscribed in plate, lower center: “L Dryden”
Print State: Second of two states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1940
Materials & Techniques: Engraving, stipple, and drypoint on thin laid paper partially mounted down on heavier laid sheet with platemark
Keywords: literature (writings), male portraits, poets, portraits
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 103 mm x 72 mm (4.06 in. x 2.83 in.).
Bibliography: Portalis and Beraldi 4 ii/ii (col. 2, p. 349); Firmin-Didot 885 (vol. 1, p. 308); see Carlson and Ittmann, cat. 67; Courboin (vol. 2, p. 98) not numbered
Associated People: Created by Jean-Baptiste de Grateloup (French, 1735-1817), After Godfrey Kneller (British (English), 1646-1723)
Accession Number: 1940.D1.109

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