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Title: Lord Byron Contemplating the Ruins of Rome
Engraver:
James Tibbits Willmore (British, Handsworth 1800–1863 London)
Artist:
After William Westall (British, Hertford 1781–1850 London)
Publisher:
Charles Heath, the elder (British, London 1785–1848 London)
Subject:
George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron (British, London 1788–1824 Missolonghi)
Published in: London
Date: ca. 1830
Medium: Etching and engraving on chine collé; proof before letters
Dimensions:
Image: 4 5/8 × 6 7/8 in. (11.8 × 17.4 cm)
Plate: 6 13/16 × 10 1/16 in. (17.3 × 25.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 13/16 × 17 3/16 in. (30 × 43.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.1166-605
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