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Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/LIB/9/6/35 |
Former Reference | D3311/140/35 |
Title | Print entitled "Ptolemy", engraved on a topaz gemstone belonging to Lord Bessborough, etched by T. Worlidge |
Date | [c1768] |
Description | Showing profile of a young man, one of the Ptolemies who were the Kings of Egypt; 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. [Lord Bessborough is likely to be William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough, who had a lifelong interest in art and was a trustee of the British Museum from 1768]. Published by Dryden Leach, London, 1768. Paper size 25 x 30 cm, image size 6 x 8 cm. |
Extent | 1 print |
Level | Item |
Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
Archive Creator | Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
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