Author: William Faithorne (Artist)
Title: Elias Ashmole. (Engraving)
Description: London: William Richardson, 1797. Original engraving on wove paper. Very Good. 8.5 x 5.5 inches sheet size. Wrinkling along right edge. Foxing throughout. Elias Ashmole, Antiquarian, 1617-1692. His cabinet of curiosities and library was the cornerstone of Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Copperplate engraving from Richardson's "Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England," London, 1792–1812. Published by William Richardson, printseller, London. James Granger (1723–1776) was an English clergyman, biographer, and print collector. .

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