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- Museum number
- 1853,0112.1847
- Title
- Object: Guilielmus Alabaster Anno Aetatis LXVI studii arcanae theologiae 33.
- Description
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Portrait of William Alabaster, the divine; head and shoulders in an oval directed to the left, bearded, wearing ruff. 1633
Engraving on chine-collé
- Production date
- 1633
- Dimensions
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Height: 192 millimetres
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Width: 140 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Used as the frontispiece to his 'Ecce sponsus venit' of 1633 (STC 246).
- Location
- Not on display
- 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
- 1853,0112.1847