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Captain George Farmer, Royal Navy

1780
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Captain George Farmer, Royal Navy
  • Engraver: John Murphy (Irish, active 1778–1817, died after 1820 London)
  • Artist: After Charles Grignion the Younger (British, London 1752/54–1804 Livorno, Italy)
  • Publisher: John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
  • Sitter: Capt. George Farmer (British, 1732–1779)
  • Date: 1780
  • Medium: Mezzotint
  • Dimensions: Plate: 14 5/16 × 11 in. (36.3 × 28 cm)
    Sheet: 15 15/16 × 11 11/16 in. (40.5 × 29.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
  • Object Number: 42.119.486
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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