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Object Type
Museum number: 1841,1211.153
Title: Object: Usher Arch Bishop of Armagh; Series: Birch's Heads
Description: Portrait of James Ussher, half-length, in an oval lettered with the title, slightly turned to the right, dressed in an academic gown with a large ruff about his neck and a skull-cap on his head, Hebrew scrolls and drapery above and with books, armorials and foliage below with a vignette to the left with a child reading from a sheet of paper held by two ladies, after Lely Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: George Vertue; After: Sir Peter Lely; Published by: Paul Knapton; Published by: John Knapton
School/style
Production date: 1738
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 358 millimetres (sheet); Width: 225 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For comment on the series see also 1844,0511.13.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Illustration to: Thomas Birch; Portrait of: James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1841
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1841,1211.153

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