The Auction; or Modern Connoisseurs

Multiple artists/makers

1771

Not on view

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Title: The Auction; or Modern Connoisseurs
Series/Portfolio: Oxford Magazine
Artist: Anonymous, British, 18th century
Publisher: Fielding & Walker (British, active 1779–1809)
Subject: Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (British, 1705–1774)
Subject: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (British, Perth, Scotland 1705–1793 London)
Subject: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1713–1792 London)
Date: 1771
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed to plate): 6 11/16 × 3 15/16 in. (17 × 10 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.1444
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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