Portrait of Prince Rupert, Prince Elector Palatine

William Faithorneca. 1645-1646

Details

Title: Portrait of Prince Rupert, Prince Elector Palatine
Creator: William Faithorne the Elder after William Dobson
Date Created: ca. 1645-1646
Subject Keywords: artist portraits, male portraits, portraits, printmaker portraits
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate, lower right: “Güffathorne Sculpsit” and full inscriptions
Print State: Second of two states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1960
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on laid paper. Watermark: Unidentified watermark
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: 1691
Bibliography: Fagan 39 i/ii; Godfrey, “Printmaking in Britain,” pp. 25–26; see DAC 1963.35.4 in regard to Prince Rupert (1619–1682), one of the inventors of mezzotint
Associated People: Created by William Faithorne the Elder (British (English), ca. 1616 - 1691), After William Dobson (British (English), 1611-1646)
Accession Number: 1960.13.14

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