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Robertus Nelson

Maker

(artist)
1646-1723

(engraver)
1652-1743

Title

Robertus Nelson

Date of Production

after January 1714

Medium

Line engraving

Dimensions

Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 8.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4645

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 Robert Nelson, nonjuror and author of A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England (1704).

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

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

Maker's mark: Recto: left, printed below image: G Kneller Pinxt

Maker's mark: Recto: right, printed below image: Ja.s Smith Sculp

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: ROBERTUS NELSON Armiger / Ob : Jan : 16. 1714 Æt. 58.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, typed: G. KNELLER

Inscription: Verso: lower left, pencil: 1026/8(7)

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