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Object Type
print
Museum number
1850,0223.543
Description
Portraits of Hugh Latimer, John Jewel, Sir Nicholas Bacon, Sir Francis Walsingham and William Cecil, Lord Burghley, all bust-length, in ovals, slightly turned to the left, the priests dressed in chimeres over their rochets with Canterbury caps on their heads, the courtiers with high ruffs and fur-trimmed gowns, each with a scroll beneath lettered with the name of the sitter Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
George Vertue
(GVS)
School/style
British
Production date
1700-1756
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
156 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
92 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(75.1)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester
Portrait of:
John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury
Portrait of:
Sir Francis Walsingham
Portrait of:
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Portrait of:
Sir Nicholas Bacon
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Acquisition date
1850
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1850,0223.543