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Mr Addison

Maker

(artist)
1646-1723

(engraver)
1660-1725

Title

Mr Addison

Date of Production

1700-1725

Medium

Line engraving

Dimensions

Height: 24.3 cm
Width: 17.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4627

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

Portrait of Joseph Addison (1672-1719), British writer and politician.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper left, black ink: CIneg L37/40/C/23-24

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Mr Addison.

Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: S.r G. Kneller pinx.

Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: M. V dr Gucht Sculp.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, written in black ink under "S.r G. Kneller pinx.": 1672

Inscription: Recto: lower right, written in black ink under "M. V dr Gucht Sculp.": 1719.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, blue ink: KNELLER

Inscription: Recto: lower left, pencil: 1331

Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: M

Stamp: Recto: right margin, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY

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