Portrait of Jonathan Swift

Sitter Portrait of Jonathan Swift Irish
1774
Not on view

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  • Title: Portrait of Jonathan Swift
  • Artist: Nathaniel Bermingham (Irish, born ca. 1720, active mainly London, 1736–74)
  • Sitter: Portrait of Jonathan Swift (Irish, Dublin 1667–1745 Dublin)
  • Date: 1774
  • Medium: White cut paper, with pen and ink additions, mounted on black silk, framed
  • Dimensions: Overall: 13 7/16 x 11 in. (34.2 x 28 cm)
  • Classification: Cut Paper
  • Credit Line: The Glenn Tilley Morse Collection, Bequest of Glenn Tilley Morse, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.602.135
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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