Sir Francis Walsingham [graphic] / J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. ; Frederico Zucchero pinx.

Creator:
Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker.
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