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Serjeant William Lovelace
British School1576
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
William Lovelace (c.1525/ 30-77): son of Sir William Lovelace of Bethersen (see British School DPG367); lawyer; MP for Canterbury 1558, 1562, 1572; commissioner for the Establishment of Religion, 1559; Serjeant-at-Law 1567.
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- Title: Serjeant William Lovelace
- Date: 1576
- Physical Dimensions: w524 x h660 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- Work Nationality: British
- Support: Oak panel
- School: British School
- Provenance: William Lovelace, Serjeant-at Law (c. 1525/30-1577); ?by descent to Sir William Lovelace of Bethersden (1561-1629); ?by descent to Lady Lovelace (d. 1632); her bequest (will dated 15 May 1632) to Richard Lovelace (1617-c. 1657); ?by descent to Althea Cartwright (d. 1666); ?her bequest, London, William Cartwright (inventory no. 181: 'Sargant Loulass in his red Robes with his cot of armesÉ'); Cartwright Bequest, 1686.
- Inscriptions: Inscribed, upper left: 'VIRTVTE DVCE'; top right: 'ANo DNI. 1576'
- Acquisition Method: Cartwright, William (Bequest, 1686)
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