Portrait of Jonathan Swift

Nathaniel Bermingham Irish

Sitter Portrait of Jonathan Swift Irish

1774

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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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