Matthew Prior, Esq., poet and diplomat, in the reign of Queen Anne (reigned 1702-1714).

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Matthew Prior, Esq., poet and diplomat, in the reign of Queen Anne (reigned 1702-1714). From a portrait in the British Museum. He wears a pink velvet coat, lace collar, breeches, stockings and buckle shoes. Handcolored engraving from "Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period" drawn by Charles Martin and etched by Leopold Martin, London, Henry Bohn, 1842. The costumes were drawn from tapestries, monumental effigies, illuminated manuscripts and portraits. Charles and Leopold Martin were the sons of the romantic artist and mezzotint engraver John Martin (1789-1854).

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