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Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban

Print
1653 (published)
Artist/Maker
Thomas Cross (engraver)
Place of origin
England (published)

Print, portrait of a man, half-length, facing slightly right, holding a letter.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleFrancis Bacon, Viscount St Alban (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban, engraving by Thomas Cross, 1653.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, half-length, facing slightly right, holding a letter.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.1cm (cut)
  • Width: 7cm (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
'Who died the 9th. Of Aprill Ano. Dni. 1626 aetatist suae 66. T: Cross sculpsit.' (Lettered with name of sitter etc. and)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Object history
This print was published as the frontispiece to Francis Bacon's The Naturall and Experimentall History of Winds, translated into English by R. G. Gent, 1643.
Production
This print is a reverse copy of an engraving by Simon de Passe.
Subjects depicted
Philosopher
Politician
Francis Bacon
Associated object
E.4383-1960 (Original)
Bibliographic references
  • 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.
  • O'Donoghue, Freeman. British Museum: Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1908-25.
  • 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.273-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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