George Villiers Duke of Buckingham
Maker
After
(artist)
1599-1641
(etcher)
1723-1818
(publisher)
(artist)
1599-1641
(etcher)
1723-1818
(publisher)
Title
George Villiers Duke of Buckingham
Date of Production
1785
Medium
etching with stipple
Dimensions
Height: 32.5 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.6092.45
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: Vandyke del: //
Inscription: W.Baillie sculp: //
Inscription: GEORGE VILLIERS Duke of BUCKINGHAM. / What gave great Villiers to the Assassin's Knife? / An immaturely clos'd his splendid Life, / What but the Wish indulg'd in Courts to shine! / With Power too great to keep or to resign. / In the Collection of Ralph Willett Esq.r / Publish'd 4th Jun 1785. //
Inscription: Sir A. van DYCK / George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham / W. Baillie after Paintings and Drawings, Boydell, London. / Drawing in British Museums is L. Vorsterman, I, q.v. //
Inscription: W.Baillie sculp: //
Inscription: GEORGE VILLIERS Duke of BUCKINGHAM. / What gave great Villiers to the Assassin's Knife? / An immaturely clos'd his splendid Life, / What but the Wish indulg'd in Courts to shine! / With Power too great to keep or to resign. / In the Collection of Ralph Willett Esq.r / Publish'd 4th Jun 1785. //
Inscription: Sir A. van DYCK / George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham / W. Baillie after Paintings and Drawings, Boydell, London. / Drawing in British Museums is L. Vorsterman, I, q.v. //
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