Robert Devereux Earl of Essex 1601 [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Robert Devereux Earl of Essex 1601 [graphic]
- Creator
- Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker
- Contributor
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Oliver, Isaac, 1556?-1617, artist.
John and Paul Knapton (Firm), publisher. - Published / Created
- 1738.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
- Abstract
-
"Portrait of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, with square beard, wearing a ruff and lace collar, a column beyond; in an architectural oval with pedestal and urn below; a putto holding a torch and weeping over the sitter's decapitated head which lies next to an axe."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from text in image.
Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751].
"In the collection of Sr. Robert Worsley Bart."--Below image.
Engraved after the minature later acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the rosewood cabinet in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill.
Mounted on page 133 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
1 print : engraving and etching on laid paper ; sheet 36.7 x 23 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark. - Provenance
- Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 36.7 x 23 cm, on sheet 52.3 x 35 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait prints
Book illustrations
Engravings England London 1738
Etchings England London 1738 - Material
- engraving and etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name)
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Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
-
Generals
British
Nobility - Subjects
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Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Generals > British
Nobility > Great Britain
England > London > 1738
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- 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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11050060
- Object ID (OID)
- 16850851
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