Antique Print-HANNAH COWLEY-POET-PORTRAIT-Anonymous-1791

Description

Original antique print showing a portrait of Hannah Cowley (1743 – 1809), an English playwright and poet.

Made by Anonymous after Thomas Stothard.

Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 15.4 x 23.5 cm (6.06 x 9.25 inch). Image size: 8.2 x 15.2 cm. (3.23 x 5.98 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Remargined with wove paper. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HANNAH COWLEY-POET-PORTRAIT | PCO-A17-22

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in England in ‘Lady’s Magazine’ in c. 1791.

Biography engraver: Engraver unknown/to be determined.