George Bidder

Made:: 1819

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print. etching. George Bidder / [Mrs D. Turner] 1819. 14.4x13.7cm. After a pencil drawing by J.S. Cotman, 1819, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Related to sketches in note by D. Turner, MS.1344, 1819 Aug.6. -Portrait, head, profile to L, vignette; aged 13 years. Bidder, George Parker 1806-1878, 'the calculating boy' Mental calculator, [later worked as an engineer on Britannia Bridge, Menai]. Cotman, John Sell 1782-1842. Turner, Mrs D. fl.1819.

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Category:: Art

Object Number:: 1982-83/4

type:: print

credit:: Bernard Quaritch Ltd.

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