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The Genuine Poetical Remains of Samuel Butler

1827
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  • Title: The Genuine Poetical Remains of Samuel Butler
  • Author: Samuel Butler (British, baptized Strensham, Worcestershire 1613–1680 Covent Garden)
  • Author: Notes by Robert Thyer (British, Manchester baptized 1709–1781 Manchester)
  • Sitter: Frontispiece of Samuel Butler (British, baptized Strensham, Worcestershire 1613–1680 Covent Garden)
  • Artist: Frontispiece after Sir Peter Lely (Pieter van der Faes) (British, Soest 1618–1680 London)
  • Draftsman: Frontispiece after John Thurston (British, Scarborough, North Yorkshire 1774–1822 Holloway, London)
  • Engraver: Frontispiece engraved by John Thompson (British, Manchester 1785–1866 London)
  • Sitter: Portrait of Robert Thyer (British, Manchester baptized 1709–1781 Manchester)
  • Artist: Thyer portrait after George Romney (British, Beckside, Lancashire 1734–1802 Kendal, Cumbria)
  • Draftsman: Thyer portrait drawn by William Bradley (British, Manchester 1801–1857 Manchester)
  • Engraver: Thyer portraite engraved by William Henry Worthington (British, London, ca. 1790–after 1839)
  • Publisher: Thyer portrait published by C. & H. Baldwyn (London)
  • Illustrator: William Henry Brooke (British, London (?) 1772–1860 Chichester, Sussex)
  • Engraver: William Hughes (British, Liverpool 1793–1825 Lambeth, London)
  • Engraver: Robert Branston (British, Lynn, Norfolk 1778–1827 Brompton, London)
  • Publisher: Joseph Booker (London)
  • Printer: D. S. Maurice (London)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1827
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
  • Dimensions: 10 1/16 x 6 5/16 x 1 1/2 in. (25.6 x 16 x 3.8 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969
  • Object Number: 69.600.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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