Earl of Dorsett
Maker
(artist)
1700-1799
1700-1799
Title
Earl of Dorsett
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 9.5 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
Keywords
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.
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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