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Richard Elton

Print
1650 (published)
Artist/Maker
Droeshout, John (engraver)
Place of origin
London (published)

Print, portrait of a man, half-length, facing half right, wearing armour, within an oval border with letters and military trophies.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleRichard Elton (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Richard Elton, Govenor-General of Hull, engraved by John Droeshout, 1650.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, half-length, facing half right, wearing armour, within an oval border with letters and military trophies.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.125in (cut)
  • Width: 5.25in (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.
Style
English School
Marks and inscriptions
'If Rome...Part/ WS Fecit John Droeshout Sculp Lon.' (Lettered with name of sitter etc., 8 lines of verse and)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Subjects depicted
Author
Officer
Armour
Trophies
Richard Elton
Associated object
E.4662-1960 (Copy)
Bibliographic references
  • O'Donoghue, Freeman. British Museum: Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1908-25.
  • Hind, Arthur Mayger. Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. London: Cambridge University Press, 1952-5, 3 v.
  • 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.603-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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