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Object Type
print
Museum number
1888,0716.334
Title
Object:
The Arch Bishop of Canterbury
Description
Portrait of William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, half length in an oval, wearing cap, bands and episcopal robes. Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
Anonymous
After:
David Loggan
School/style
British
Production date
1680-1691
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
124 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
94 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(4)
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(106)
(Engraver not ascertained: Class I)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Walker
Acquisition date
1888
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1888,0716.334