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Portrait of Sir Thomas More

Maker

After
(artist)
1497-1543

After
(engraver)
1698-1780

(engraver)
1744-1818

Title

Portrait of Sir Thomas More

Date of Production

1778

Medium

engraving and etching
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 17.4 cm
Width: 12.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.8519

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

Literature

O'Donoghue, Freeman, Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, 6 vols., London 1908
vol. 3, p. 273, no. 2 under More

Inscriptions

Inscription: T. Cook Sculp //

Inscription: SR. THOMAS MORE. //

Inscription: H. HOLBEIN II //

Inscription: Copper-Plate Magazine, 1778 //

Inscription: T.O. //

Label: THE LIFE OF / Sir THOMAS MORE. / (Accompanied with his HEAD finely engraved by Mr. COOK.) [...] //

Inscription: 979/61 (7a) //

Inscription: Holbein / S45 //

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