Peter Morris MD (after John Gordon Watson)
William Home Lizars (Edinburgh 1788 - Jedburgh 1859)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1840 - 1860
Materials
Ebony, Glass, Paper
Measurements
305 mm (H)223 mm (D)
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Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1651246
Summary
Print, wood engraving, Peter Morris MD (after John Gordon Watson) by William Home Lizars (Edinburgh 1788 - Jedburgh 1859). Untinted black and white print. Portrait of the fictitious author; half length, seated at writing desk, to the left, pen in hand; balding on top, with hair tied at back in ribbon; wearing winged collar, cravat, and fur trimmed gown. Frontispiece to Lockhart's 'Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk' (1819)
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
printed ; right hand side beneath engraving ; Engraved in alto Relievo by W. Lizars ; ; engraver
Makers and roles
William Home Lizars (Edinburgh 1788 - Jedburgh 1859), engraver (printmaker) Sir John Watson Gordon (1788 - 1864), artist Oliver and Boyd , engraver and publisher