[William Somner] [art original].

Description

Title: [William Somner] [art original].
Alternative Title: Mr. Somner
Published / Created: [17--?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Copy of a seventeenth-century engraved portrait of William Somner, an antiquarian scholar and author. The portait is enclosed in an oval revealing an unfinished scrollwork pattern
Description: Title devised by curator.
An unfinished copy of a 1693 engraving by Michael Burghers.
On verso is another drawing: Effigies Gulielmi Bagwell : aetat. 66 ano. Dom. 1659.
Two drawings on one sheet, recto and verso.
For further information, consult library staff.
Extent: 1 drawing : image in oval 10 x 7 cm, on sheet 15.1 x 12 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: gray wash with pen and black ink ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Somner, William, 1598-1669
Subjects: Somner, William, 1598-1669 > Portraits
British > 18th century

Access: Public
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Citation: William Somner. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.