Sr Nathaniel Bacon [art original]

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Title: Sr Nathaniel Bacon [art original]
Alternative Title: Sir Nathaniel Bacon
Creator: Vertue, George, 1684-1756
Contributor: Bacon, Nathaniel, Sir, 1585-1627 artist.
Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, engraver.
Published / Created: [between 1720 and 1756?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of Sir Nathaniel Bacon's based on his self-portrait in oil, circa 1618-20.
Description: Title from item.
Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in: Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762, v.1, opp. p. 163.
Drawing attributed to Vertue.
Thomas Chambars (1724-1789), English artist.
Provenance: Purchased by Horace Walpole from Vertue's widow. Sold to Evans at the Strawberry Hill sale, day viii, lot 122. Drake sold to W.S. Lewis, December 1949.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 15.0 x 12.3 cm, on sheet 16 x 12.7 cm
Language: English

Genre: Crayon drawings British 18th century
Portrait drawings
Material: crayon ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bacon, Nathaniel, Sir, 1585-1627,
Subject (Topic): Artists
British
Subjects: Bacon, Nathaniel, Sir, 1585-1627
Artists > British
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: George Vertue, Sr Nathaniel Bacon. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.