Henry R. Cook, William Behnes, and others
Frederick Marryat
1800-1899
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Engraving and stipple engraving, Sheet: 436 × 300 mm. (17 3/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Plate: 229 × 153 mm. (9 × 6 in.)
Image: 120 × 88 mm. (4 3/4 × 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2925
F. Marryat (1792-1848) captain R.N., C.B., F.R.S., novelist.
Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c)
Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, London, 1908-25, no. 1.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: LL in plate, below image: 'Drawn by W. Behnes.'; LR in plate, below image: 'Engraved by H. Cook.'; LR in plate: 'Printed by M.cQueen'; writing BL illegible; BR (graphite, in diamond): '13338' and illegible. VERSO: LR: Claghorn stamp in violet ink.
