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Edward Benlowes

Print
1652 (published)
Artist/Maker
Francis Barlow (etcher)
Humphrey Moseley (publisher)
H. Seile (publisher)
Place of origin
London (published)

Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, facing slightly eft, within an oval border of leaves surrounded by a decorative cartouche.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleEdward Benlowes (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Etching
Brief description
Print, portrait of Edward Benlowes, etching by Francis Barlow, 1652.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, facing slightly eft, within an oval border of leaves surrounded by a decorative cartouche.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.9cm (cut)
  • Width: 18.1cm (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
'Edwd: Benlowes Esqr.' (Inscribed in ink in a contemporary hand)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Object history
This print was the frontispiece to Benlowes' Theophilia, or Love’s Sacrifice. A divine poem, published by H. Seile and H.M Moseley, London, 1652.
Subjects depicted
Poet
Cartouche
Edward Benlowes
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
  • O'Donoghue, Freeman. British Museum: Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1908-25.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4408-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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