Nathanel Lee, Dramatic Poet Ob. 1690
1820
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1820
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Nathanel Lee, Dramatic Poet Ob. 1690 is a 1820 by D Reading, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows Nathaniel Lee, a poet who died in 1690. D Reading made it in 1820, long after Lee lived. The Romantic era loved drama, and this fits right in. The print came out in London, sold by T. H. Rodd in 1820. It’s part of the Harry Beard Collection now. That’s a clue it stayed in print for years. See more like this at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The print depicts the dramatic poet Nathaniel Lee in half-length profile, created as an engraving based on an original portrait by William Dobson. Published in London in 1820 by T. H. Rodd, the image is part of the Harry Beard Collection.
Read the full account in the museum source.
This printmaker portrayed a lost 17th-century playwright in a crisp, early-19th-century style—only one portrait survives, *Nathaniel Lee, Dramatic Poet Ob.
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