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Portrait of Ben Jonson

Maker

(artist)
1593-1661

(draughtsman)
1774-1822

(engraver)
1762-1823

(publisher)

Title

Portrait of Ben Jonson

Date of Production

1820

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5871.30

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 : stamped : upper right margin & recto : on mount : WITT LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin left & recto : : Drawn by J.Thurston. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Engraved by C.Warren. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : BEN JONSON. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : From a Picture by Cornelius Jansen in the Collection of the Right Honorable the Earl of Hardwicke. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : London, Sept.1,1820; Published by W. Walker, 8 Grays Inn Square. //

Inscription: inscription : pencil : right margin centre & recto : : see Blyenberch //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin left & recto : on mount : Brit. Poets. //

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