print
- Museum number
- 1948,0315.9.122
- Description
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Portrait of Francis Drake; half length, to the right; wearing falling lace collar and chain; in oval frame with emblems. 1598
Engraving
- Production date
- 1598
- Dimensions
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Height: 134 millimetres
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Width: 93 millimetres (trimmed)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Marx claims this belongs to the series 'Effigies Regum ac Principum ... in re nautica' (Hollstein 850, C. de Passe), but it is not the same portrait described by Hollstein or Franken, although the style is in keeping with the series.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1948
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1948,0315.9.122