Details
| Artist | Jacob Houbraken, Dutch, 1698-1780 |
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| Artist | after Godfrey Kneller, English, 1646-1723 |
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| Date | 1745 |
| Medium | engraving and etching printed in black ink on laid paper |
| Dimensions | Plate: 14 × 8 5/8 inches (35.6 × 21.9 cm) Sheet: 14 3/8 × 8 7/8 inches (36.5 × 22.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps |
| Accession Number | 09.1S623 |
| Department | Prints, Drawings & Photographs |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Signed | Signed and dated, in plate, below image, lower right: J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1745. |
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| Inscriptions | Inscribed, in plate, left edge of portrait medallion: JOHN LORD SOMERS. Inscribed, below plate, lower left: G. Kneller pinxit. Inscribed, lower center: In the Collection of James Cocks Esqr. Inscribed, lower right: Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini- |
Provenance
November 1886, Leavitt sale.
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)