print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: Q,5.394
Description: Coat of arms of Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the great seal, in the window of Gray's Inn; from a series of arms in the windows of the Inns of Court; illustration to Dugdale, 'Origines Juridiciales' (London, first published 1666). Etching
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School/style: British; Bohemian
Production date: 1666 (c.)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 60 millimetres (sheet; cut); Width: 45 millimetres (sheet; cut)
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Curator's comments: Cut impression; see 1977,U.366.32 for complete sheet of arms, printed from the same plate. See New Hollstein (Hollar) 1938-1965 for twenty-eight illustrations to this book.
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700 (1955) (Hollar); Pennington 1982 / A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar (2548)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Sir Nicholas Bacon; Illustration to: Sir William Dugdale
Associated places: Associated with: London
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1753
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Q,5.394
Additional IDs: Other BM number: 1977,U.366.34

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