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Mr Abraham Cowley

Ref: P/4271 < >

Portrait Subject: Cowley, Abraham

Physical Attributes
Technique: Copper plate engraving
Dimensions: 257 x 158 mm

Production
Artist: Sir Peter Lely
Engraver: William Faithorne
Date: 1687

Galleries
Portraits A-Z: C
Portraits: Writers & Poets
Source Book: The Works of William Cowley

Bibliographic References

On thin watermarked laid paper.Trimmed slightly within the printed area. Some light creases.
After Peter Lely. Frontispiece from the 1687 edition of "The Works of Abraham Cowley. A slightly different engaving appeared in earlier editions.




Antique Print - "Mr Abraham Cowley" by W Faithorne after P Lely published 1687.