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Object Type
print
Museum number
Gg,4F.26
Title
Object:
Carolus II
Description
Portrait of Charles II, three quarter length; stand to left, wearing armour, right hand resting on top of helmet, with truncheon lying next to it; after G Coques. Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Coryn Boel
After:
Gonzales Coques
School/style
Flemish
Production date
1640-1668
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
228 millimetres
Width:
177 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(29)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(53)
(identified as Charles I)
Wurzbach 1906-11 / Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon
(6)
Le Blanc 1854-89 / Manuel de l'Amateur d'Estampes 1550-1820
(33)
van Someren 1888 / Beschriivende catalogus van Gegraveerde Portretten van Nederlanders. Vervolg op Frederik Mullers catalogus van 7000 Portretten van Nederlanders.
(740)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Charles II, King of England
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
British Library
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Bagford
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford
Acquisition date
1814
Acquisition notes
This can be identified as the first item in the list of Bagford prints transferred in 1814 from Harley 5950.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Gg,4F.26