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RefNoIM/002550
LevelItem
TitleKirby, William
ArtistMaguire, Thomas Herbert
Datend
DescriptionNearly full length, looking to right seated beside a table, holding spectacles with a book and insect on the table. In old age. Engraved by T H Maguire after F H Bischoff. One of the set of Ipswich Museum Portraits. Published by G Ransome, 1851. Mount bears Museum Stamp
ObjectNameEngraving
MaterialsBlack and white engraving
Dimensions270 x 340 mm
NotesFrom Sir E Sabine's collection
AccessStatusOpen
Copies2 copies. Colour tiff, Richard Valencia, September 2007, Digtisation/Photos and engravings of Fellows/K/Kirby W, IM002550
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7469Kirby; William (1759 - 1850)1759 - 1850
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