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Portrait of John Murcot

Maker

(artist)
1616-1691

Title

Portrait of John Murcot

Date of Production

executed :

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.2 cm
Width: 13.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5861.53

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 : witin image centre & recto : : VERA EFFICIES JOHANNIS MURCOT AEtat 30 Obiit. Decb 3d 1654. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre & recto : : Here stand, and live in thy immortall page / Thou Golden Preacher in an Iron Age. / Ireland laments thy losse, whose powerfull word / Wrought oh her greater conquests then the Sword; / Their bodies were Subdu'd by Armes and Arts / But thou (blest conquerour) didst win their Hearts. //

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