drawing
- Museum number
- 1961,1221.5
- Description
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Two bust length portraits in ovals, one above the other, of William Caxton, facing slightly to right, and Wynkyn de Worde, in profile to left.
Pen and brown ink
- Production date
- 1683-1703 (Faithorne's active dates)
- Dimensions
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Height: 174 millimetres
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Width: 112 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- An old note suggests that this is an old copy from a drawing, now in the BL, executed by the younger Faithorne for Bagford, which actually shows Joachim Ringelberg of Antwerp.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1961
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
Inscribed on verso in pen and ink, by Gulston: "N.1089 / The original drawing ... 3s".
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1961,1221.5
