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Portrait, William Hayley, poet and author
Line and stipple engraving portrait of the poet, playwrite and author William Hayley (1745-1820). (His work was only moderately successful but he was a great patron of the arts and of artists such as William Blake. He was offered the poet laureateship in 1790, an honour which, for reasons unknown, he declined. An advocate of fresh air and a teetotaller, he was intrigued by medicine and eager to us…
Creator
- R. Cooper
- Richard Cooper
Creator
- R. Cooper
- Richard Cooper
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Source
- L0038422
Identifier
- L0038422
- Iconographic Collection 644522i
- ydgjtn5a
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:43:58.510Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:43:58.510Z