A Series of Proof Portraits and Embellishments, Executed by first rate Artists, to illustrate the best English novellists, poets, and essayists

Publisher Published and edited by Charles Cooke British

Printer J. Brettell British

1805

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Title: A Series of Proof Portraits and Embellishments, Executed by first rate Artists, to illustrate the best English novellists, poets, and essayists
Publisher: Published and edited by Charles Cooke (British, 1759/60–1816)
Printer: J. Brettell (London)
Date: 1805
Medium: Illustrations: stipple and line engraving
Dimensions: 8 11/16 x 5 11/16 in. (22 x 14.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1943
Object Number: 43.91.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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