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Sir Thomas Bodley, William Herbert 3rd Earl of Pembroke, William Laud, Sir Kenelm Digby and John Selden

Print
1674 (published)
Artist/Maker
Michael Burghers (printmaker)
Place of origin
England (published)

Print, portrait of Sir Thomas Bodley at centre, three-quarter-length, facing half right. At each corner of the page are portraits, head and shoulders, of William Herbert 3rd Earl of Pembroke, William Laud, Sir Kenelm Digby and John Selden.


Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Printed Pages & Sheets
Object type
Print
TitleSir Thomas Bodley, William Herbert 3rd Earl of Pembroke, William Laud, Sir Kenelm Digby and John Selden (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portraits of Sir Thomas Bodley, William Herbert 3rd Earl of Pembroke, William Laud, Sir Kenelm Digby and John Selden, engraving by Michael Burghers, 1674.
Physical description
Print, portrait of Sir Thomas Bodley at centre, three-quarter-length, facing half right. At each corner of the page are portraits, head and shoulders, of William Herbert 3rd Earl of Pembroke, William Laud, Sir Kenelm Digby and John Selden.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.4cm
  • Width: 20cm
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
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
'M. Burghers delin. et sculp.' (Lettered with names of sitters, dedication etc. in Latin and)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Object history
This print was originally published as a frontispiece to a catalogue of the Bodleian Library.
Subjects depicted
Scholar
Diplomat
Archbishop
Courtier
Sir Thomas Bodley
William Herbert
William Laud
Sir Kenelm Digby
John Selden
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.143-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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