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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1873,0510.1120
Title
Object:
Sir Nicholas Bacon
Description
Sir Nicholas Bacon; nearly half-length, turned slightly to the left; in cloak, lined with fur; copy after Passe; illustration to 'Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk Characters" (1820), cut from the publication. Stipple
Producer name
Print made by:
William Maddocks
After:
Magdalena de Passe
(?)
After:
Willem van de Passe
(?)
School/style
British
Dutch
Production date
1820
Materials
paper
Technique
stipple
Dimensions
Height:
82 millimetres
(cut)
Width:
97 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(167ad)
(Crispijn de Passe; undescribed copy)
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(2)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Sir Nicholas Bacon
Associated titles
Associated Title:
The Lives of Eminent and Remarkable Characters Born or Long Resident in the Counties of Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
George E Mason
Acquisition date
1873
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1873,0510.1120