Bust of Leonard William Poet
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
(engraver)
active 1645-1685 (Life dates)
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
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
Keywords
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
Stamp: Mount, Recto: lower right corner, blue ink stamp: M; centre right margin, black ink stamp: WITT / LIBRARY
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