Sir James Harrington, Bart.

published 1682

William Faithorne

Associated Names
William Faithorne

Artist, English, 1616 - 1691

The engraving shows a man from the chest up, slightly turned to his left and looking at the viewer. He has long, wavy hair, a small moustache and pointed beard. He wears a dark cloak over a textured, lace-collared white shirt. The portrait is in an octagonal frame with decorative elements, including a banner and a crest at the bottom center. The background has a dark, cross-hatched pattern. The engraving is titled "The True Effigies of Sir James Harington Knight and Baronet," with additional inscriptions in the outer border, possibly in Latin.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 18.7 × 12 cm (7 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.688

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fagan 1888, no. 40

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1951.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1888

  • Fagan, Louis. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Engraved Works of William Faithorne. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1888.

Wikidata ID

Q65368417

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