Vera effigies Gulielmi Addy [graphic]

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Title: Vera effigies Gulielmi Addy [graphic]
Alternative Title: Gulielmi Addy
Creator: Sturt, John, 1658-1730, printmaker
Published / Created: [between 1685 and 1720]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Portrait of William Addy; half length, to the right, looking at viewer; with long curled hair, wearing cloak and lace cravat; in oval frame on pedestal."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1975,1206.7.
Six lines of Latin verse, with initials "S.P." at bottom, engraved below title: En puer, en senior, scribendi gloria splendel ...
An impression of this print was possibly owned by Horace Walpole. See Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 40, page 236.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with slight loss of text from bottom edge.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 16.7 x 10 cm
Language: English

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