print; frontispiece

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Object Type: print; frontispiece
Museum number: P,8.248
Title: Object: Gulielmus Croft Musicae Doctor
Description: Portrait of William Croft; half length, to the right, looking at viewer; wearing wig, lace cravat, and embroidered cloak; in oval frame with arms on pedestal; after Murray; frontispiece to his 'Musica Sacra' (1724). Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: George Vertue; After: Thomas Murray; Published by: John Walsh; Published by: George Vertue
School/style
Production date: 1724
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 238 millimetres; Width: 150 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 (1); Alexander 2008 / George Vertue as an Engraver (421)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: William Croft; Illustration to: William Croft
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1799
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: P,8.248

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