Portrait of John Murcot
Maker
(artist)
1616-1691
1616-1691
Title
Portrait of John Murcot
Date of Production
executed :
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.2 cm
Width: 13.2 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
Keywords
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. //
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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