A print of a drawing of William Wordsworth by Richard Carruthers and engraved by Henry Meyer. In the image, Wordsworth sits with his left hand in his waistcoat, leaning with his right elbow upon a rock. Trees and mountains are visible in the background. The sheet upon which the portrait has been laid includes a note extracted from a text referring to Wordsworth's letter to R. P. Gillies beneath the portrait.
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The item is undated. The original sketch by Carruthers was done in 1817, and Meyer's engraving was published in "New Monthly Magazine" February 1, 1819, by Henry Colburn.
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