print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1853,0112.1809
Title: Object: F [sic] Bacon
Description: Sir Nicholas Bacon; nearly half-length, turned slightly to the right; in cloak, lined with fur; outline only; copy after Gunst who engraved after Werff; illustration to a French history of England. Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Pauline Landon; After: Pieter van Gunst; After: Adriaen van der Werff
School/style: French; Dutch
Production date: 19thC(early) (circa)
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Dimensions: Height: 160 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 87 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust.
Bibliographic references: O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (4); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (undescribed) (after Werff)
Location: Not on display
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Previous owner
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: 1853,0112.1809

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