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William Ramsay

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

Print, portrait of a man, half-length, pointing up at a celestial globe; above is a coat of arms suspended from a tree.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleWilliam Ramsay (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of William Ramsay, engraving by Thomas Cross, 1653.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, half-length, pointing up at a celestial globe; above is a coat of arms suspended from a tree.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.2cm (cut)
  • Width: 14cm (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
'Nat: Civitat: Westmonast: 13o Mar: 1626/27, / The Graver here…Cheare to sitt / Tho: Cross sculpsit.' (Lettered with name of sitter, 6 lines of verse etc.)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Object history
This print was published as the frontispiece to Ramsay's Astrologia Restaurata, 1653.
Subjects depicted
Physician
Astrologer
Coat of Arms
Globe
William Ramsay
Bibliographic references
  • O'Donoghue, Freeman. British Museum: Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1908-25.
  • Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Paris: É Bouillon, 1854-1908.
  • 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.257-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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