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Mr. Thomas Betterton

Maker

(artist)
1646-1723

(engraver)
1660-1725

Title

Mr. Thomas Betterton

Date of Production

circa 1710

Medium

Line engraving

Dimensions

Height: 16.8 cm
Width: 10.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4642

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 Thomas Betterton, leading actor and theatre manager during the English Restoration. Betterton died, not in 1700 as the pen inscription below the engraving implies, but in 1710.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

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

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

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Mr Thomas Betterton / Totus Mundus Agit Histrionem

Inscription: Recto: lower left, black ink: 1635-

Inscription: Recto: lower right, black ink: 1700.

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

Inscription: Verso: upper left, pencil: 934/58(14)

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