Sir Thomas Overbury
Print
1570-c.1625 (printed)
1570-c.1625 (printed)
| Artist/Maker |
Print, portrait of a man, half- length, facing slightly right, seated at a desk, writing his epitaph.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Sir Thomas Overbury (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving. |
| Brief description | Print, portrait of Sir Thomas Overbury, poet, engraved by Renold Elstrack, 1570-post 1625. |
| Physical description | Print, portrait of a man, half- length, facing slightly right, seated at a desk, writing his epitaph. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Those Swan-like...Apthecaries harmes WB./ Aetat. 32. Renold Elstrack sculpsit Compton Holland excudit' (Lettered with name of sitter, epitaph, 12 lines of verse) |
| Credit line | Given by Edgar Seligman. |
| Production | Record unconfirmed. CROSSED THROUGH. Rm 54. GG 6015. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.775-1960 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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