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Print, Portrait of Robert Burns

This is a Print. It was print maker: William Nicholson. It is dated 1819 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Cooper Union Museum Picture Library.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 26.7 × 22 cm (10 1/2 × 8 11/16 in.) Paper: 42 × 33 cm (16 9/16 in. × 13 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed right center: "W.N. f. 1819," and lower center: "A.N. pinx. 1786."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Robert Burns; Print Maker: William Nicholson (British, 1781 - 1844); England; etching on paper; Plate: 26.7 × 22 cm (10 1/2 × 8 11/16 in.) Paper: 42 × 33 cm (16 9/16 in. × 13 in.); 1957-148-36

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