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Print, Portrait of James Watt

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: 27.2 × 21.8 cm (10 11/16 × 8 9/16 in.) Paper: 41.9 × 32.8 cm (16 1/2 × 12 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, lower right: "W.N. ft. 1819."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of James Watt; Print Maker: William Nicholson (British, 1781 - 1844); England; etching on paper; Plate: 27.2 × 21.8 cm (10 11/16 × 8 9/16 in.) Paper: 41.9 × 32.8 cm (16 1/2 × 12 15/16 in.); 1957-148-37

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