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Earl of Dorsett

Maker

(artist)
1700-1799

Title

Earl of Dorsett

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 9.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3739

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: First Lord then Earle. By Blood not by Creation / Of Buckhurst Dorset while hence on Earthe belowe / From Earthe to Heaven hath nowe remoud his station / where hee a perlesse Glorious Saint doth Showe / this was his Shadowe will you his Substance see / you then must pass the Clowdes for ther is hee / Are to be sould by John Hind

Inscription: Recto: centre, printed: The Illustrious Richard Lo: Buckhurs Earle of Dorsett Obitt March 28, 1624 et: 36 .

Inscription: Recto: upper centre mount, handwritten in pencil: Buckhurst of Dorset.

Stamp: Recto: lower right mount, stamped: M

Inscription: Recto: lower left mount, handwritten in pencil: British School.

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