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James Ussher, D.D.

Print
1738 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print, half-length portrait of a man facing half right, within an oval border with letters, surrounded by drapery, manuscripts and books. Below is a heraldic achievement, with a seal and a medal of Richelieu, and also a domestic scene with a child learning the alphabet.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleJames Ussher, D.D. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Print, half-length portrait of James Ussher, engraving by George Vertue, 1738.
Physical description
Print, half-length portrait of a man facing half right, within an oval border with letters, surrounded by drapery, manuscripts and books. Below is a heraldic achievement, with a seal and a medal of Richelieu, and also a domestic scene with a child learning the alphabet.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Width: 24.1cm
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
'In the Possession of General Tyrrel at Shotover in Oxfordshire Petrus Lely Eques Pinxit. G. Vertue Sculp. 1738.' (Lettered with name of sitter etc. and)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Object history
This print was published in The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain by Thomas Birch, D.D. London, 1738.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • O'Donoghue, Freeman. British Museum: Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1908-25.
  • Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Paris. É Bouillon, 1854-1908.
  • Beckett, R. B. Lely. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1951. viii, 70 p. ill.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
  • Piper, David. Catalogue of seventeenth-century portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714. Cambridge : Published for the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery, at the University Press, 1963. xxviii, 409 p.
Collection
Accession number
E.3696-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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