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Portrait of Jon Davies

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

(publisher)
1778-1812

Title

Portrait of Jon Davies

Date of Production

executed :

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.3 cm
Width: 21.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5860.120

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: inscription : printed : within image & recto : : THE LIVELY PORTRAITURE OF JOHN DAVIVIES OF HEREFO / The Writing Schoolemaster / or The Anatomy of Faire Writing Wherein is exactile expressed / each severall Character, Together with other Rules and, Documents, coincident to the Art of Faire [ampersand] speedy writing 1631 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : affixed to image & lower center & recto : Pub. Abril 1 1800 by W Richardson Number 31 Strand //

Inscription: inscription : typed : center mount & recto : later Witt inscription : BRITISH SCHOOL / John Davies //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower left mount & recto : later Witt inscription : Granger, II //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right mount & recto : : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower right mount & recto : : M //

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