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Title: Ben Jonson
Series/Portfolio: Thomas Birch, The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain
Engraver:
Jacob Houbraken (Dutch, Dordrecht 1698–1780 Amsterdam)
Artist:
After Isaac Oliver (British, ca. 1565–1617)
Publisher:
J. and P. Knapton (British, active 1735–89)
Author:
Related to work by Thomas Birch (British, 1705–1766)
Sitter:
Ben Jonson (British, London (?), 1572–1637)
Date: 1738
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 14 1/4 × 8 15/16 in. (36.2 × 22.7 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 13 5/16 in. (40 × 33.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1958
Accession Number: 58.651.79
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