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SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667-1745)

8 May 2013, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667-1745)

PORTRAIT AFTER RUPERT BARBER (1719-1772) BY BENJAMIN WILSON, engraving, bust in profile facing right, in an oval, lettered 'Dr. Swift' and with a quotation from Pliny, Wilson's name below the image dated 1751, framed and glazed, size of image 7 x 5 inches (18 x 12 cm), overall size 14 x 11 inches (36 x 28 cm), dated 1751

This image was used as the frontispiece for Lord Orrery's Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr Jonathan Swift, 1751, spawning engravings of Swift by S.F. Ravenet, Etienne Fiquet, Alexander Bannerman, Christian Friedrich Fritzch and others. An example of this image is in the National Portrait Gallery where the artist is called Thomas Barber.

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