Portrait of William Hicks
Maker
(artist)
1634-1692
1634-1692
Title
Portrait of William Hicks
Date of Production
executed :
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 16.2 cm
Width: 12.4 cm
Width: 12.4 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5861.38
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: inscription : printed : within image around portrait & recto : : AETATIS SUAE 38 Ao DOM 1658 GUGLIELMUS HICKS GEN //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre & recto : : Though Thou no Prophet art, nor Prophets Son / Withought their Spirit, this could ne're be done / Though Brightman, Napeir, Mede, are gone to rest, / Their Sp'rite yet lives redoubled in thy Brest, / Yee' that have cast th'Apocolypse to ground / Because so dark, mysterious, and profound. / Why, take it up againe, and use the Glasse, / Twill then no longer for a Mystrie passe. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre & recto : : Though Thou no Prophet art, nor Prophets Son / Withought their Spirit, this could ne're be done / Though Brightman, Napeir, Mede, are gone to rest, / Their Sp'rite yet lives redoubled in thy Brest, / Yee' that have cast th'Apocolypse to ground / Because so dark, mysterious, and profound. / Why, take it up againe, and use the Glasse, / Twill then no longer for a Mystrie passe. //
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