Sir Francis Walsingham [graphic] / J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. ; Frederico Zucchero pinx.
- Creator:
- Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- 1738.
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : engraving with etching ; plate mark 37.7 x 23.7 cm, on sheet 52.5 x 34.2 cm
- Notes:
- "In the collection of the Right Honorable Sr. Robert Walpole"--Below image.
Engraved after the portrait painting, formerly thought to be of Sir Francis Walsingham, that later came into the collection of Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill.
Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751].
Title from text in image. - Abstract:
- Portrait of Francis Walsingham, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a ruff and brocaded jacket; in an ornamental oval decorated with an owl, a book, a snake and envelopes; a cartouche below showing a woman seated in a chair accompanied by two other women being shown a painting of a group of men by the artist and his assistants.
- Topics:
- Bull, Richard,--1725-1806--Ownership.
Curtis, Charles Constable,--1852-1936--Ownership.
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow,---1944--Ownership.
John and Paul Knapton (Firm), publisher.
Knight, William,---1847--Ownership.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership.
Walsingham, Francis,--Sir,--1530?-1590,--depicted.
Zuccaro, Federico, approximately 1540-1609, artist. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Book illustrations.
Engravings--England--London--1738.
Portrait prints. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- Portraits W229 no. 1+ Impression 1
- Orbis Record:
- 11079268
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr29205
- Citation:
- Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of prints and drawings in the British museum, v. 4, page 395
- OID:
- 15960318
- PID:
- digcoll:2796562