Antique Print-EDMUND BURKE-PHILOSOPHER-PORTRAIT-Knight-Reynolds-1781

Description

Original antique print showing a portrait of Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797), an Anglo-Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher.

Made by C, Knight after Joshua Reynolds.

Medium: Stipple engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 13.8 x 18.6 cm (5.43 x 7.32 inch). Image size: 6.5 x 13.2 cm. (2.56 x 5.2 inch).

Condition: good, given age. A few small spots. Remains of red pencil in margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

EDMUND BURKE-PHILOSOPHER-PORTRAIT | PCO-C46-15

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in Londonn dated 1781.

Biography engraver: Charles Parsons Knight (1743?1827?) was an English engraver.