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'Tasso', (1544-1595), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

'Tasso', (1544-1595), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

2-721-788 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Tasso', (1544-1595), 1830. Torquato Tasso (1544-1595) Italian poet best known for 'Jerusalem Delivered' describing the Siege of Jerusalem at the end of the First Crusade. He suffered from mental illness and died before receiving an award for his poetry from Pope Clement VIII. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Torquato Tasso: Italian: Poet, writer, author
People Related
  1. Alfred Howard: : Editor
  2. Thomas Tegg: British; English: Publisher, printer, bookseller
  3. Richard Griffin and Company: British: Bookseller, publisher
  4. J Cumming: Irish: Publisher
Medium
  1. Engraving
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3779x5616
File Size : 62,177kb

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  1. 0580069695
  1. 2-721-788
  1. 2721788
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