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Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805 [Clipped signature mounted on engraving of Pownall]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02207.02 Author/Creator: Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805 Place Written: s.l. Type: Engraving Signed Date: circa 1780, 1897 Pagination: 1 engraving Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Includes Pownall's signature and an engraving of Pownall mounted on backing. Signature possibly created circa 1780. Engraving copyrighted 1897 by Little, Brown, & Co. based on the original engraving by Richard Earlom, first printed in 1777. Printed by Goupil & Co., Paris.

Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822
Little, Brown and Company (Boston, Mass.)
Goupil & Cie

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