Robert Baron. (Engraving).
London: William Richardson, 1796. Original engraving on wove paper. Very Good. 8.5 x 5.5 inches sheet size. Wrinkling along left edge with minor loss. Foxing along edges, not affecting image.
Robert Baron, poet, aged 19. "Certain it is, that, in his dramatic pieces, both. in tragedy and comedy, he never rose above mediocrity." Two lines of Latin by John Hobart, Gent. From a portrait by Marshall prefixed to his "Poems," 1647. 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. Item #18-6290
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