John, Duke of Buckingham
Maker
(artist)
1646-1723
(engraver)
1684-1756
1646-1723
(engraver)
1684-1756
Title
John, Duke of Buckingham
Date of Production
1722
Medium
Line engraving
Dimensions
Height: 21.9 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4643
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
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Stamp: Recto: upper right, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed in coat of arms : HONI SOI[T] QVI MAL Y PENSE / COMITER SED FORTITER
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: His Grace, JOHN Duke of BUCKINGHAM. / One modern Author here behold, / Who with a safe conscience wrote, / For, from Writers new or old, / He would never steal a Thought. Buckingham.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: G. Kneller Baron.et pinx.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: G. Vertue Sculpsit 1722.
Inscription: Verso: upper left, pencil: 924/50(26)
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed in coat of arms : HONI SOI[T] QVI MAL Y PENSE / COMITER SED FORTITER
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: His Grace, JOHN Duke of BUCKINGHAM. / One modern Author here behold, / Who with a safe conscience wrote, / For, from Writers new or old, / He would never steal a Thought. Buckingham.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: G. Kneller Baron.et pinx.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: G. Vertue Sculpsit 1722.
Inscription: Verso: upper left, pencil: 924/50(26)
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