Charles I
Maker
(artist)
1500-1699
(engraver)
before 1570-after 1630 (Life dates)
1500-1699
(engraver)
before 1570-after 1630 (Life dates)
Title
Charles I
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Width: 18.3 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4228
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
Notes
Possibly related to 1613 portrait of Charles I by Robert Peake now in Cambridge.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right & within image : : R [colon] Elstrack Sculp //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : Great Brittaine is thy Birth [colon] right, but the Earth/ stoopes to thy Vertues, which exceede thy Birth / Live then and conquer, till victorious warre / Make thy Rule endles, as thy Vertues are //
Inscription: inscription : pen & ink : centre lower margin & recto : later Witt inscription : Charles I / C.F. Portrait of Charls I / by Robert Peake. //
Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper centre margin & recto : later inscription : Prince Charles / to very rare print & [illeg.] //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : Great Brittaine is thy Birth [colon] right, but the Earth/ stoopes to thy Vertues, which exceede thy Birth / Live then and conquer, till victorious warre / Make thy Rule endles, as thy Vertues are //
Inscription: inscription : pen & ink : centre lower margin & recto : later Witt inscription : Charles I / C.F. Portrait of Charls I / by Robert Peake. //
Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper centre margin & recto : later inscription : Prince Charles / to very rare print & [illeg.] //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
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