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Bust of Leonard William Poet

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

(engraver)
active 1645-1685 (Life dates)

Title

Bust of Leonard William Poet

Medium

engraving, black ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.4 cm
Width: 13.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3918

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: Sheet, Recto: lower edge, black ink: Inscriptions are but Epitaphs on the Dead [colon] / Such may bee His ; to Action buried [colon] / Nor but the Rites of Friends [colon] in wante of whome, / His Owne Hand wrought This Monumente for His Tombe [colon] / Hon lasting the Materialls shall bee, / This Age may Gess, the Next perhaps Decree. Sheet, Recto: upper centre margin, pencil: Leonard William Poet; lower left corner, pencil: Cross sculpsit

Stamp: Mount, Recto: lower right corner, blue ink stamp: M; centre right margin, black ink stamp: WITT / LIBRARY

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