Sr. Francis Bacon Viscount St. Albans Lord Chancellor [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Sr. Francis Bacon Viscount St. Albans Lord Chancellor [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Sir Francis Bacon Viscount St. Albans Lord Chancellor
- Creator
- Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker
- Contributor
-
Vanderbank, John, 1694-1739, artist.
John and Paul Knapton (Firm), publisher. - Published / Created
- 1738.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
- Abstract
-
"Portrait of Lord Chancellor Francis Bacon, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a tall hat and ruff; in an ornamental oval with curtain beyond; below a putto holding a sceptre; books and scrolls in lower left; lettered state."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from text in image.
Engraved after a painting by John Vanderbank. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1927,1126.1.7.5.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751].
"In the Possession of Martin Foulkes Esqr."--Below image.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 375 (leaf numbered '192' in pencil) in volume 2 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 36.1 x 22.4 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait prints
Book illustrations
Engravings England London 1738
Etchings England London 1738 - Material
- engraving and etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626,
- Subject (Topic)
-
Philosophers
Statesmen
British
Putti
Scepters - Subjects
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Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
Philosophers
Statesmen > British
Putti
Scepters
England > London > 1738
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1809 or 10-1888 > Ownership
Wavertree, Florence Lothrop Sheridan Walker, lady, 1872-1952 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 16730537
- Object ID (OID)
- 33191898
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