Plate [136] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, bust-length to left, looking towards right, wearing a tall dark hat, lace ruff, and cloak over ornate doublet; in an oval on stepped pedestal, with scene from classical mythology at the front, within rectangular frame; illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portrait of Lord Chancellor Bacon
Description:
Title from text within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [136] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Volume 1, page 25. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Sir F. Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon
Description:
Title inscribed in ink in lower right corner., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 25 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
"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
Alternative Title:
Sir Francis Bacon Viscount St. Albans Lord Chancellor
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., and 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.
Publisher:
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Name):
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626,
Subject (Topic):
Philosophers, Statesmen, British, Putti, and Scepters
