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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1853,0112.1707
Title
Object:
Ioannes Checus
Description
Portrait of John Cheke, half length in an oval frame, long beard, wearing cap and fur-lined cloak; illustration to the 'Heroologia Anglica' (Arnhem, Crispijn de Passe: 1620) Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Magdalena de Passe
(?)
Print made by:
Willem van de Passe
(?)
Published by:
Crispijn de Passe the Elder
School/style
Dutch
British
Production date
1620
Production place
Published in:
Arnhem
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
156 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
112 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For comment on the publication 'Heroologia Anglica', see L,78.1-67.
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(1)
Hind 1952-64 / Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
(II.153.14)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(176ad)
(Crispijn de Passe)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Sir John Cheke
Illustration to:
Henry Holland
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Heroologia Anglica
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
British Library
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
David E Davy
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
1853,0112.1707