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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

Line engraving

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

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)

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