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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.199
People
William Marshall, British
Published by John Rothwell, English
Title
Portrait of Reverend William Ames (1576-1633)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: The Pourtracture of the Reverend and worthy Minifter of God, William Ames D.D. fometime of Christs Colledge in Cambridge. And Proffesor of Divinity in the Famous Univerfity of Franeker in Friefland.
Series/Book Title: Frontispiece to "Fresh Suit Against Ceremonies"
Series/Book Title: Frontispiece to "Marrow of Sacred Divinity"
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1633
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/341566

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
cut to plate: 14.7 x 10.9 cm (5 13/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: signed on the plate, lower right: Will: Marshall sculpsit.
  • inscription: on the plate, lower center: Printed for John Rothwell at the Sunn in Paules Church yard.
  • inscription: verso, lower left, in brown ink: C 1 [dep or clap?] 4
  • inscription: verso, lower left, in graphite [partially illegible]: ... 798
  • inscription: verso, lower right, in graphite [partially illegible]: ... / 2S2S7 [set within a box] / 1078

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Grosvenor Prints, London, to]; Theodore E. Stebbins Jr., 2012, gift; Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Hind III.103.2; O'Donoghue 1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Theodore E. Stebbins Jr.
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.199
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), p. 20, fig. 2

Verification Level

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