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James Ashley – Vintage Wall Art

James Ashley, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving
James Ashley, [no date recorded on caption card]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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James Ashley is the named sitter of this engraving, though the caption card gives no date and the record has not been independently verified, so both the identity and the print's age should be treated as provisional. The plate is credited to G. Cruikshank, most likely George Cruikshank, the London caricaturist and illustrator who worked for much of the nineteenth century and was known for sharp satirical plates and book illustrations. Portrait engravings of this kind circulated widely as single sheets for a public interested in notable figures. Viewers should look at the engraver's handling of line and expression, which often carried as much character as the likeness itself.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : engraving.
NotesEngraving by G. Cruikshank. Briggs Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,095 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-160433

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