hoppner r a engraved william sharp (1 risultati)

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. Engraving, mounted and framed, image 32 x 27cm. Richard Porson was an academic who rose from a background of poverty but went on to become Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge, Porson was famed for his prodigious memory, and for his somewhat eccentric behavior in his latter years, The Porson Prize is awarded at Cambridge for the best translation into Classical Greek verse. William Sharp, (1749 - 1824) was a British engraver and artist of note.