Portrait of Michael Drayton
Maker
(artist)
1846-1917
(printmaker)
1846-1917
1846-1917
(printmaker)
1846-1917
Title
Portrait of Michael Drayton
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 15.7 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.//
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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