Wisdom

Engraver Peter Simon British

After John Francis Rigaud British

Publisher John Boydell British

1799

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Title: Wisdom
Engraver: Peter Simon (British, London ca. 1764–1813 Paris)
Artist: After John Francis Rigaud (British (born Italy), Turin 1742–1810 Packington)
Publisher: John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
Date: 1799
Medium: Stipple engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 23 1/8 × 17 5/16 in. (58.7 × 44 cm)
Sheet: 23 5/8 × 17 3/4 in. (60 × 45.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Object Number: 53.600.1457
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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