James Radcliffe, Earl of Derwentwater
Maker
(artist)
1646-1723
(engraver)
1684-1756
1646-1723
(engraver)
1684-1756
Title
James Radcliffe, Earl of Derwentwater
Date of Production
circa 1714
Medium
Line engraving
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
Stamp: Recto: upper right, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: JAMES EARL of DERWENTWATER / (Executed 1716.)
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, typed: 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: Verso: lower left, pencil: 934/56(6)
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: JAMES EARL of DERWENTWATER / (Executed 1716.)
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, typed: 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: Verso: lower left, pencil: 934/56(6)
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