print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1853,0112.1538
- Title
- Object: Sr Nicholas Bacon
- Description
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Portrait of Thomas Wilson (formerly identified as Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal); half length to right, in cap, ruff and furred gown; in plain oval; after Federico Zuccaro; illustration to Smollett's 'History of England'. 1757
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1757
- Dimensions
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Height: 102 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 88 millimetres (trimmed)
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- Curator's comments
- Although the engraving is titled "Nicholas Bacon", a portrait resembling the sitter of this print is identified as Thomas Wilson, see the painting in the National Portrait Gallery, London, inv.no.3799, painted by an unknown artist in 1575. A painting by an unknown artist showing Nicholas Bacon (showing a different sitter from our plate) is also in the National Portrait Gallery, London, inv.no.164.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: A Complete History of England
- Acquisition date
- 1853
- Acquisition notes
- 1853,0112.1338 to 2335 is a collection of engraved portraits of persons connected with Suffolk formed by David Elisha Davy, as part of his collections on the history of Suffolk which were purchased by the Department of Manuscripts in 1852. The portraits were transferred to the Department of Prints and Drawings in 1853.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1853,0112.1538
