George Vertue, 1684–1756, British, Edmund Spenser, 1727
- Title:
- Edmund Spenser
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
- Date:
- 1727
- Materials & Techniques:
- Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 7/8 × 9 15/16 inches (37.8 × 25.2 cm), Plate: 14 1/2 × 9 9/16 inches (36.8 × 24.3 cm), Image: 13 9/16 × 8 7/8 inches (34.4 × 22.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Vol.6.P.310"
Lettered, upper center: "dmund spencer Obüt 1599"; lettered, lower center: "Anglica te vivo, vixit plausitq Poesis; | Nunc moritura, timet te moriente Mori. | Camden | Geo: Vertue Sculp: 1747 | Honoratiss JOANNI GUYS E Tribuno Militum | Singulari bonarum Artium Fautori D.D. G. Vertue"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10236
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- portrait
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26293
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- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
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