Engraved by H. Wheelwright, from an Original Drawing [by John Wright].
Published by J. Sewell, 32, Cornhill, 2 March 1795.
Engraving. 185 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Slight staining and spotting.
A half-length portrait of physician and poet Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802). His 'Zoonomia' (1794-6) anticipated the evolutionary theories of his grandson Charles (1809-82).
[Ref: 57251]  £50.00