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Anna Macallame

Print
after October 1662 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Thomas Cross (engraver)
Place of origin
England (printed)

Print depicting a bearded woman, head and shoulders, full face, wearing a hat trimmed with fur, within an oval border.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Scotland
Object type
Print
TitleAnna Macallame (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Anna Macallame, engraving, possibly by Thomas Cross, mid-17th century.
Physical description
Print depicting a bearded woman, head and shoulders, full face, wearing a hat trimmed with fur, within an oval border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14cm (cut)
  • Width: 13cm (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
'borne in the Orknes of Scotland in the year our Lord 1615 being presented to the kings Majesties sight October 1662 / Though my Portraicture seemes …her wisdome know.' (Lettered with name of sitter and four lines of verse)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Subject depicted
Macallame Anna
Bibliographic references
  • 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.246-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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