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Portrait of Michael Drayton

Maker

(artist)
1846-1917

(printmaker)
1846-1917

Title

Portrait of Michael Drayton

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 15.7 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4488

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

previous owner : Witt, Robert (Sir)

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : within image & recto : around oval frame : EFFIGIES MICHAELIS DRAYTON ARMIGERI POETAE CLARISS. AETAT. SVA L.A. CHR. CIC.DC. XIII //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : Lux Hares hulla tibi Warwici villa, tenebris / Ante tuas Cunas, obsita Prima fuit. / Arma, Viros, Veneres, Patriam modulamine dixti; / Se Patriae resonant Aima Viri Veneres.//

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