Esther Inglis (1571-1624), calligrapher and miniature painter
Print
July 1801 (published)
July 1801 (published)
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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
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| Title | Esther 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Bibliographic reference | <u>Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965</u>. London: HMSO, 1966. |
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| Accession number | E.860-1965 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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