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Claude Mellan French
Abraham Bosse French
Sitter James Howell British, born Wales
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Title: James Howell Standing in a Forest
Series/Portfolio: Frontispiece: Dendrologie, ou la Forest de Dodonne
Artist:
Claude Mellan (French, Abbeville 1598–1688 Paris)
Artist:
Abraham Bosse (French, Tours 1602/04–1676 Paris)
Sitter:
James Howell (British, born Wales 1594?–1666)
Date: 1641
Medium: Engraving of the head, collar, hat and hand by Mellan; the rest etched by Bosse. Fourth state of four (BN)
Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (21.2 x 14.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number: 17.3.756–1370
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