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Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
(1738)
from The Heads and Characters of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain by Thomas Birch, published by John and Paul Knapton, London 1743–52

Medium
engraving and etching
Measurements
35.4 × 22.0 cm (image) 36.9 × 22.9 cm (plate) 42.1 × 28.6 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Ver Huell 22; O'Donoghue 6; IFF 568 (Gravelot)
Inscription
printed in ink below image l.l.: J. Houbraken sculps. Amst.
Accession Number
456-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Everard Studley Miller Bequest, 1959/60
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Another Work Law, Civics and Protest Portraits
Subjects (specific)
cartouches (ornament) earls knights (landholders) menswear nobles (aristocrats) order insignias rapiers statesmen