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Inscription

lower right in image: Per-illustri D. D. / JOANNI READE / Tabellam hanc in obse- / quentissimae reverentiae / specimen D. D. D. / J. B. Jackson / ex Tabella penes / D. Jos. Smith

Provenance

Mary Jordan Collection. [1] (Zeitlin & ver Brugge Booksellers, Los Angeles); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.

[1] According to the donor's collection list for Jackson woodcuts, a great number came from the Mary Jordan Collection.

Bibliography
1962
Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962: no. 31
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