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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/LIB/9/6/41 |
| Former Reference | D3311/140/41 |
| Title | Print entitled "Hercules", engraved on a nicolo gemstone belonging to the Duke of Devonshire, etched by T. Worlidge |
| Date | 1768 |
| Description | Showing the profile of a man wearing a laurel crown. Taken from "A select Collection of Drawings from curious antique Gems, most of them in the possession of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom, etched after the manner of Rembrandt," by Thomas Worlidge. [The Duke of Devonshire is likely to be William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, who inherited many artworks from his father-in-law in 1754.]
Published by Dryden Leach, London, 1768. Paper size 18 x 24 cm, image size 6.5 x 7.5 cm. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
| Format | Printed |
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