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Engraved portrait of a bespectacled man in a ruff collar writing with a quill at a desk, black and white hatching.

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Antiquities of London and environs, engrav'd and publish'd by J Fleuron T100005-22, John Thomas Smith (1791), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A bald, bespectacled man in a ruff collar and dark gown sits at a desk, bent over an open book and holding a quill pen. The engraving is rendered in dense black and white hatching, typical of the period's printed illustrations.

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