Mr. Thomas Betterton
Maker
(artist)
1646-1723
(engraver)
1660-1725
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
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)
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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