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Esther Inglis (1571-1624), calligrapher and miniature painter

Print
July 1801 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving. Esther Inglis (1571-1624), calligrapher and miniature painter. Self-portrait, half-length, writing at a table, facing slightly left, within a decorative oval border with letters; below is a cartouche. From the manuscript 'Les Proverbes de Salomon…'1599, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Plate to face p.52, Vol.3 of S. and E. Hardings’ 'Biographical Mirrour,' 1801. Lettered with name of sitter, In Proverbia Salomonis, 8 lines of Latin verse and From a Drawying by Herself, in the Badleian (sic) Library. G. P. Harding, Sculp. Pubd. July 1801, by S: Harding No.127 Pall Mall.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleEsther Inglis (1571-1624), calligrapher and miniature painter (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving print
Brief description
Engraving by George Perfect Harding (died 1853). Esther Inglis (1571-1624), calligrapher and miniature painter. Self-portrait with cartouche. From the manuscript Les Proverbes de Salomon…1599, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Plate to face p.52, Vol.3 of S. and E. Hardings’ Biographical Mirrour, 1801.
Lettered with names of sitter, engraver, publisher and date.


Physical description
Engraving. Esther Inglis (1571-1624), calligrapher and miniature painter. Self-portrait, half-length, writing at a table, facing slightly left, within a decorative oval border with letters; below is a cartouche. From the manuscript 'Les Proverbes de Salomon…'1599, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Plate to face p.52, Vol.3 of S. and E. Hardings’ 'Biographical Mirrour,' 1801. Lettered with name of sitter, In Proverbia Salomonis, 8 lines of Latin verse and From a Drawying by Herself, in the Badleian (sic) Library. G. P. Harding, Sculp. Pubd. July 1801, by S: Harding No.127 Pall Mall.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19cm
  • Width: 14.3cm
Taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965 published by HMSO 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Lettered with name of sitter and 8 lines of Latin verse )
  • 'In Proverbia Salomonis' (Lettered)
  • 'From a Drawying by Herself, in the Badleian (sic) Library. G. P. Harding, Sculp. Pubd. July 1801, by S: Harding No.127 Pall Mall.' (Lettered )
Credit line
Bequeathed by Sir Ambrose Heal
Object history
From a self-portrait in the manuscript Les Proverbes de Salomon…1599, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Plate to face p.52, Vol.3 of S. and E. Hardings’ Biographical Mirrour, 1801.

This plate was reproduced in ‘Notes relating to Mrs Esther (Langlois or) Inglis…’ by David Laing, facing p.284, Vol.6 of Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1868.

Production
Plate to face p.52, Vol.3 of S. and E. Hardings’ Biographical Mirrour, 1801.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
<u>Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965</u>. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection
Accession number
E.860-1965

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