We don’t have an image of this object online yet. V&A Images may have a photograph that we can’t show online, but it may be possible to supply one to you. Email us at vaimages@vam.ac.uk for guidance about fees and timescales, quoting the accession number: E.3706-1960
Find out about our images

Image of Gallery in South Kensington
Request to view at the Prints & Drawings Study Room, level D , Case PS, Shelf 45

Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester

Print
1715 (printed)
Artist/Maker
George Vertue (engraver)
Place of origin
London (printed)

Print, half-length portrait of a man, facing half left within an oval frame on a plinth; the sitter is wearing the cap and robes of a bishop.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleHugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, half-length portrait of Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, engraving by George Vertue, 1715.
Physical description
Print, half-length portrait of a man, facing half left within an oval frame on a plinth; the sitter is wearing the cap and robes of a bishop.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.8cm (cut)
  • Width: 15.2cm (cut)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
'1535 depulsus 1539 Martirio Coronatus A.D. 1555. G. Vertue Sculpsit.' (Lettered with name of sitter etc. and)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Object history
This print is a plate in Gilbert Burnet's History of the Reformation, 1715.
Subjects depicted
Bishop
Martyr
Hugh Latimer
Bibliographic references
  • O'Donoghue, Freeman. British Museum: Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1908-25.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3706-1960

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O563880/hugh-latimer-bishop-of-worcester-print-george-vertue/
Download as: JSON