print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1920,1211.247
Title: Object: Rob.t Blake
Description: Portrait of Sir Francis Drake (incorrectly described as Robert Blake), half -length, slightly turned to the right, with a neat beard, wearing a small ruff and in armour with the collar of a knightly order around his neck, a sword at his waist, holding a baton of command in his hands and leaning on a cloth covered table, a naval battle in progress on the sea beyond Etching and stipple
Producer name: Print made by: Edward Harding; Published by: Edward Harding; After: Michael van der Gucht
School/style
Production date: 1799
Materials
Technique: etching; stipple
Dimensions: Height: 122 millimetres (printed border); Width: 94 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The print titled "Robert Blake" but actually showing Sir Francis Drake. The name crossed out with pencil and Francis Drake written in the margin. A copy from 1980,U.983.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Sir Francis Drake; Associated with: Admiral Robert Blake
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1920
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1920,1211.247

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