About this sheet
Antique print, titled: 'Andrew Coltee Ducarel LLD (…)' - Portrait of Andrew Coltée Ducarel (1713 – 1785) engraved in 1756 by Perry after a painting (1746) by A. Soldi. Ducarel was an English antiquary, librarian, and archivist. He was also a lawyer practising civil law and a member of the College of Civilians. He was elected commissary or official of the peculiar and exempt jurisdiction of the collegiate church or free chapel of St. Katharine, near the Tower of London, in 1755. Source unknown, to be determined.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Perry' after 'A. Soldi'.
Technic: Engraving / etching. on A verge type of hand-laid paper paper.
Condition: Good, given age. some horizontal creases. Margins with light staining and some spots. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Date: 1756
Overall size: 7.9 x 11 inch
Image size: 0.001 x 6.9 x 9.8 inch
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