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Sr. Walter Ralegh

Printing Plate
1739 (published), c.1739 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
John & Paul Knapton (publisher)
Houbraken, Jacobus (engraver)
Place of origin
London (published)

Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh within a decorative frame. Below the frame, a nude child rests on a globe of the earth as he writes in a book; he kneels on an anchor and there is an axe, and what appears to be, the head of a bearded man nearby.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Tools & Equipment
Object type
Printing Plate
TitleSr. Walter Ralegh (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Copperplate engraving
Copper
Engraving
Brief description
Printing plate. Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh within a decorative frame. Copperplate engraving by Jacobus Houbraken, 1739.
Physical description
Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh within a decorative frame. Below the frame, a nude child rests on a globe of the earth as he writes in a book; he kneels on an anchor and there is an axe, and what appears to be, the head of a bearded man nearby.
Dimensions
  • Approx height: 38.25cm
  • Approx width: 24.25cm
Measured by DH 06/04/2010.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Sr. WALTER RALEGH' (Title on banner above portrait.)
  • 'In the Possession of Peter Burrel Esqr. / J. Houbraken sculpsit Amst / Impenfis J. & P. Knapton Londini 1739' (Printed below image.)
Subjects depicted
Man
Hat
Feather
Child
Globe
Book
Anchor
Axe
Raleigh, Walter (Sir)
Associated object
E.357B-1892 (Reproduction)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.357A-1892

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O922342/sr-walter-ralegh-printing-plate-houbraken-jacobus/
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