Museum number:
| APM 20.929d |
Subcollection:
| prints and paintings |
Title:
| copper engraving |
Keyword:
| bust sir Walter Raleigh |
Description:
| Kopergravure met staand formaat met in een staande ovaal borstbeeld van sir Walter Raleigh met staf, omgeven door tekstlint met "THE EFFEGIES OF THE HONORABLE AND LEARNED KNIGHT SR. WALTER RALEIGH", onderlangs meer tekst. |
Date:
| Period | 1620 - 1640 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 6.69 in (17 cm) |
| Width | 4.06 in (10.3 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | paper |
| Technique | copper engraving |
| Colour | brown white |
| Traces of use | geen |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | England |
| Region national | London (district) |
| Town | London |
| Maker | Mat. Gillyflower (printer, publisher) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Hilversum, veilinghuis Van Spengen, lot 4328 |
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, nr DD036, 1966-2011 | |
| Groningen, antiquariaat, 1966 |
Literature
| Georg Alfred Brongers, Van Gouwenaar tot bruyère pijp. Amerongen, 1978. p 53. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Portret van Sir Walter Raleigh. Gravure "Printed in London for Mat. Gillyflower at the Spread Eagle in Westminster Hall". |
Exhibition
| Hamburg, tentoonstelling "Vom Rauchen, eine Kulturhistorische Ausstellung der Sammlung Theodorus Niemeyer Amsterdam", 20 juli - 16 augustus 1967. |
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, zolder. |
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