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John, Duke of Buckingham

Maker

(artist)
1646-1723

(engraver)
1684-1756

Title

John, Duke of Buckingham

Date of Production

1722

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.9 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

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: stamped : ink : upper right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left within image & recto : : G. Kneller Baron.et pinx. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre within image & recto : in coat of arms : COMITER - SE D - FORTITER //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre within image & recto : : 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. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image & recto : : G. Vertue Sculpsit 1722. //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : upper left on mount & recto : later Witt inscription : 924/50(26) //

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