James Radcliffe, Earl of Derwentwater
Maker
(artist)
1646-1723
1646-1723
Title
James Radcliffe, Earl of Derwentwater
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 10.8 cm
Width: 10.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4648
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
Inscription: stamped : ink : upper right on mount & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre & recto : : JAMES EARL of DERWENTWATER / (Executed 1716.) //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre on attached paper & recto : : Derwentwater, James Radcliffe, Earl of. / From an engraving by G. Vertue, after a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller. / BORN in 1688. Bred up in the Roman Catholic faith, his near affinity in blood and religion to the Old Pretender rendered him desirous of assisting in restoring him to the throne of his ancestors. Full of these thoughts, he joined in the ill-concerted rebellion of 1715: and without effecting the smallest service to the cause was obliged to surrender as a prisoner at discretion. He was executed on Tower Hill in 1716. //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : lower left on mount & verso : later Witt inscription : 934/56(6) //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre & recto : : JAMES EARL of DERWENTWATER / (Executed 1716.) //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre on attached paper & recto : : Derwentwater, James Radcliffe, Earl of. / From an engraving by G. Vertue, after a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller. / BORN in 1688. Bred up in the Roman Catholic faith, his near affinity in blood and religion to the Old Pretender rendered him desirous of assisting in restoring him to the throne of his ancestors. Full of these thoughts, he joined in the ill-concerted rebellion of 1715: and without effecting the smallest service to the cause was obliged to surrender as a prisoner at discretion. He was executed on Tower Hill in 1716. //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : lower left on mount & verso : later Witt inscription : 934/56(6) //
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