The Fables of John Dryden, Ornamented with Engravings from the Pencil of the Right Hon. Lady Diana Beauclerc
John Dryden
(English, 1631–1700)
Geoffrey Chaucer
(English, died in 1400)
Giovanni Boccaccio
(Italian, 1313–1375)
Francesco Bartolozzi
(Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
Thomas Cheesman
(English, 1760–1835)
William Nelson Gardiner
(Irish, worked in England, 1766–1814)
Lady Diana Spencer Beauclerk
(English, 1734–1808)
Thomas Bensley
(English, about 1760–1835)
James Edwards
(English, 1757–1816)
Edward Harding
(English, 1755–1840)
1797
Place of PublicationLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with 24 stipple engravings
DimensionsOverall: 38.4 x 27.8 x 3.8 cm (15 1/8 x 10 15/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Thomas Gaffield
Accession numberBR1422
On View
Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
London: T. Bensley, for J. Edwards and E. Harding, 1797
ProvenanceThomas Gaffield; his gift to MFA Library, 1895; transferred to Print Dept., 1904.
Franz Xavier Jungwierth
1757
Unidentified artist, French, 18th century
1743