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print
;
frontispiece
(?)
Object Type
print
frontispiece
(?)
Museum number
1920,1211.1584
Title
Object:
Samuel Pufendorf
Description
Portrait of Baron Samuel von Pufendorf, bust, facing front, wearing wig and cloak over bobbin-lace cravat; within an oval, upon a lettered plinth; frontispiece to an unidentified publication? Engraver
Producer name
Print made by:
Michael van der Gucht
School/style
British
Flemish
Production date
1700-1725
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
147 millimetres
(plate-mark)
Width:
90 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
academic
lawyer
Associated names
Portrait of:
Baron Samuel von Pufendorf
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Henry R Fry
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Doyle Fry
Acquisition date
1920
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1920,1211.1584