O Rare Ben: Johnson. Wit, and Humour. No. XIII. MDCCXXXV.
E. Austin Scripsit. G. Bickham sculp. [London: Henry Overton, 1743. Engraving. 330 x 200mm (13 x 8"). A portrait of Ben Jonson after an oil by Abraham Blyenberch (now in the National Portrait Gallery, above three examples of Jonson's verse, each in a distinctive script. A page from George Bickham's 'Universal Penman', a treatise on handwriting.
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