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Portrait of Captain John Smith

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

(publisher)
1778-1812

Title

Portrait of Captain John Smith

Date of Production

executed :

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.2 cm
Width: 13.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5860.272

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 and lower centre & recto : : THE PORTRAIC OF CAPTAYNE JOHN SMITH, ADMIRALL OF NEW ENGLAND. / These are the Lines the shew they Face [semicolon] but those / That shew they Grace and Glory, brighter bee [colon] / Thy Faire Discoveriers and Fowle - Overthrowes / Of Salvages, much Civillized by the / Best shew thy Spirit [semicolon] and to it Glory Wyn [semicolon] / So, thou art Brasse without, but Golde within. / Published W. Richardson Castle Steet Leicester Fields. //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower centre mount & recto : : BRITISH SCHOOL / Captain John Smith //

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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