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John Dod

Print
1634 (published)
Artist/Maker
Thomas Cross (engraver)
Place of origin
London (published)

Print, portrait of a man, half-length, facing slightly right, holding a book, within an oval border.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleJohn Dod (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of John Dod, engraving by Thomas Cross, 1634.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, half-length, facing slightly right, holding a book, within an oval border.
DimensionsNo dimensions given in accession record.
Style
English School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'A Grave Divine…praise of Dod. C. B. / Ob. An. Ch. 1645. Aetatis Suae 96. T. Cross sc.' (Lettered with 4 lines of verse and)
  • 'John Dod Presbyter / 7178 1/2' (Inscribed on the back)
  • (With the mark of the collection of Fountaine Walker (second half of the 19th century) (Lugt 2545))
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Object history
This print was published as the frontispiece to Dod's Ten Sermons, tending chiefly to the fitting of men for the worthy receiving of the Lord's Supper, London, 1634.
Subjects depicted
Clergyman
John Dod
Associated object
E.260-1960 (Version)
Bibliographic references
  • 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.
  • 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.288-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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