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Green, Valentine (after Godfrey Kneller)
Joseph Carreras
1775
In this mezzotint engraving by Valentine Green, Joseph Carreras (?–1732), a Spanish poet and chaplain to Catherine of Braganza, is shown with pen poised over paper. With his head tilted to the left and his focus directed off frame, he is captured mid-thought. Part of the purpose of prints such as this one was to confer gentlemanly status on the activity of literary endeavor whether pursued domestically or by foreigners.
 
Green, Valentine (after Godfrey Kneller)
Salford, England 1739–London, England 1813
Joseph Carreras
1775
engraving and mezzotint on paper
15.7 x 12.6 cm
Bequest of Adam Shortt, 1969
12-047.138

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