Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford
Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford is a book in illustrations: wood engravings and color lithographs, made 1871–75 by Samuel John Carter (British, Swaffham, Norfolk 1835–1892). It is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, in the Drawings and Prints collection.(2). It entered that collection as The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960.
Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford
Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949 · Public domain (CC0, Met Open Access)
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(27.3 x 21 cm) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 838149, consulted for Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford) • Medium: Illustrations: wood engravings and color lithographs (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 838149, consulted for Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford) • Object: Book (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 838149, consulted for Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford) • Held by: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford) • Title: Illustrated London Almanack
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- Metropolitan Museum of ArtOrganisation
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