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print
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frontispiece
Object Type
print
frontispiece
Museum number
P,3.119
Title
Object:
Anglorum Magnanimus Bevillus Grenvil Cornubiensis Eques Auratus
Description
Portrait of Bevil Grenville, half length in an oval wreath, long hair, moustache and short beard, wearing armour and sash around waist, resting his left hand on a baton; frontispiece to 'Verses by the University of Oxford, on the death of the Most Noble, and Right Valiant Sir Bevill Grenvill' (Oxford, 1684). Second state, with corrected spelling of sitter's name in title. Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
William Faithorne
School/style
British
Production date
1684
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
199 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
145 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Fagan 1888 / A Descriptive Catalogue of the engraved works of William Faithorne
(p. 38)
(second state)
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(1)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Sir Bevil Grenville
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Verses by the University of Oxford, on the death of the Most Noble, and Right Valiant Sir Bevill Grenvill
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(with Philipe's oval stamp and the initials CMC)
Acquisition date
1799
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
P,3.119