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Engraver, English, c.1710-after 1774
Markham , English, 18th century
Title
Portrait of Jonathan Swift, (1667-1745), Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin and Satirist
Date1744
MediumMezzotint
Dimensions
Sheet: 39.5 x 27.7 cm
Plate: 35.2 x 25 cm
Credit LinePurchased, 1888
Object numberNGI.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.