Dominus Gulielmus Temple Eques Baronettus [graphic]

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Title: Dominus Gulielmus Temple Eques Baronettus [graphic]
Creator: Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
Contributor: Lely, Peter, 1618-1680, artist.
Published / Created: [1720]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: A. Churchill, T. Goodwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, B. Tooke, and 6 others
Abstract: "Portrait of Sir William Temple, half-length to right, with head turned to front, looking towards left; wearing a wig, loose gown, and lace cravat; in an oval frame decorated on top with Acanthus leaves and ribbon lettered with motto "Servare modum [...] sequi.", placed on a pedestal, with coat of arms in front."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Frontipiece to: The works of Sir William Temple. London : Printed for A. Churchill, T. Goodwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, B. Tooke [and 6 others in London], 1720.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Three lines of Latin text below title: Sermi. et Potmi. Mag. Brittanniae Regis ad Ords. Faedti. Belgÿ̈ Legatus ...
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 76 (leaf numbered '125' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26.8 x 15.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin