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Thomas Ollyffe (1685-1736?), writing master

Print
1713 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving by George Bickham I (c.1684-1769); Thomas Ollyffe (1685-1736?), writing master. Portrait, half-length, facing slightly right, holding a pen within an oval border in the form of quill pens bound with ribbon, on a plinth. Frontispiece to Ollyffe’s ‘The Practical Pen-man’, London [1713].


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThomas Ollyffe (1685-1736?), writing master (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Brief description
Engraving by George Bickham I (c.1684-1769); portrait of Thomas Ollyffe (1685-1736?), writing master. Frontispiece to Ollyffe's 'The Practical Pen-man', London [1713].
Physical description
Engraving by George Bickham I (c.1684-1769); Thomas Ollyffe (1685-1736?), writing master. Portrait, half-length, facing slightly right, holding a pen within an oval border in the form of quill pens bound with ribbon, on a plinth. Frontispiece to Ollyffe’s ‘The Practical Pen-man’, London [1713].
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.3cm
  • Width: 16.5cm
Taken from 'Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965' published by HMSO 1966
Credit line
Beqeathed by Sir Ambrose Heal
Object history
Le B.33; BM:P:I; Heal pp.82, 174 and Pl.12. Frontispiece to Ollyffe's The Practical
Pen-man
, London [1713].
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965 pub. HMSO 1966
Collection
Accession number
E.864-1965

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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