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Object Type
Museum number: 1995,U.7
Title: Object: Franciscus Draek Nobilissimus Eques Anglia An.o Aet. Sue 43
Description: Portrait of Sir Francis Drake, half -length, in an oval lettered with the title, slightly turned to the left, with a neat beard and moustache, in armour etched with curling foliage and flowers with a decorative satyr's head at the centre of the breast-plate, the pauldron formed as a lion's head with open mouth, a sash over his shoulder and wearing a lace collar over his gorget, a large shield with floral rivets to the right, decorated with a naval engagement; after Rabel Engraving with etching
Producer name: Print made by: Thomas de Leu; After: Jean Rabel; Published by: Thomas de Leu
School/style
Production date: 1583 (c.)
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 173 millimetres; Width: 110 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (2); Grivel 2009 / Au sieur Rabel, parangon de la pourtraicture - nouvelles recherches sur les peintres-graveurs français de la fin du XVIe siècle: l'exemple de Jean Rabel (67); Robert-Dumesnil 1835-71 / Le Peintre-Graveur Français (X.100.354); IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (277); Firmin-Didot 1875-77 / Les graveurs de portraits en France catalogue raisonné de la collection des portraits de l' École Française (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Associated names
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1753-1995
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1995,U.7
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