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Print, Portrait of John Knox (1505-1572)

This is a Print. It was print maker: Benjamin Hall. It is dated ca. 1836 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is line and stipple engraving. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

20.5 × 13.5 cm (8 1/16 × 5 5/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in center lower margin: "Engraved by B. Hall"/"John Knox"/From a picture in the possession of Lord Somerville/Under the superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of John Knox (1505-1572); Print Maker: Benjamin Hall (1808 - 1884); England; line and stipple engraving; 20.5 × 13.5 cm (8 1/16 × 5 5/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-92

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