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Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

Print
early 17th century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait, half-length of a man, facing half right and holding a baton in his right hand. The sheet on which the portrait is printed has been set in a border, printed from a separate plate. The border is decorated with male figures engaged in military pursuits.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRobert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Print, half-length portrait of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex. Engraving by John Payne and Willem de Passe after an original design by Simon de Passe, early 17th century.
Physical description
Portrait, half-length of a man, facing half right and holding a baton in his right hand. The sheet on which the portrait is printed has been set in a border, printed from a separate plate. The border is decorated with male figures engaged in military pursuits.
Dimensions
  • Border height: 19.7cm (cut)
  • Border width: 12.4cm (cut)
  • Portrait height: 10.2cm
  • Portrait width: 6.7cm
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.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • ' J. P.' (Lettered with name of sitter, etc. and)
  • 'Fata Viam Invenient Invia Virtuti Nulla Est Via / Wil: Pas scu:' (Lettered on the border)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Production
This print is an altered version of a portrait of Christia, Duke of Brunswick, engraved by Simon van de Passe.

The passe-partout border was engraved by Willem de Passe.
Subjects depicted
Association
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
  • O'Donoghue, Freeman. British Museum: Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1908-25.
  • Corbett, Margery and Michael Norton. Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: the Reign of Charles I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952-64.
  • Hind, Arthur Mayger. Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. London: Cambridge University Press, 1952-5, 3 v.
  • Fagan, Louis. A descriptive catalogue of the engraved works of William Faithorne. London: B. Quaritch, 1898. xiii, 104 p. 30 cm.
Collection
Accession number
E.3187-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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