Engraver:
Thomas Burford, English, c.1710-after 1774
After Markham, English, 18th century
Title: Portrait of Jonathan Swift, (1667-1745), Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin and Satirist
Date: 1744
Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 39.5 x 27.7 cm
Plate: 35.2 x 25 cm
Credit Line: Purchased, 1888
Object Number: NGI.11021
DescriptionThis is the third state of the mezzotint originally engraved by A. Van Haecken after Markham and published in 1740. See also NGI 10,142
Inscriptionlower centre (below image, lettered): The Reverend Doctor Jonathan Swift Dean of St Patricks, Dublin / [latin quotation from Virgil's Aeneid] 'acri quondam cui captus amore Ipse suas artes sua munera laetus Apollo Augurium citharamque dabat' / Markham ad vivum delin. / Burford fecit 1744. / London Printed for John Bowles & Son, at ye Black Horse in Cornhil / According to Act of Parliament.