JOHN LOCKE Esq.
Prints and Maps
George Vertue (Engraver)
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Painter)
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1738
Ink; Paper (laid); Paper (wove)
Engraved, Line Etched
1954.0016.005 A
Object Number1954.0016.005 A |
Print (Engraving)
JOHN LOCKE Esq.
Prints and Maps
Museum purchase
George Vertue (Engraver)
1684-07/24/1756
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Painter)
1646-1743
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1738
1. Inscription; Bottom center in image; G. KNELLER Equis. PINXIT. 1697.
2. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; In the Possession of the Rev.\d D.\r William Geekie.
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; G. Vertue Sculp. 1738.
Portrait
Ink; Paper (laid); Paper (wove)
Engraved, Line Etched
14.4 (H) , 9.35 (W) , 13.92 (Image H) , 8.9 (Image W)
36.7 (H) , 23.75 (W) , 13.92 (Image H) , 8.9 (Image W)
H at left. W above bottom. Top and right plate marks not available. Chain interval: 2.5-2.7 cm; laid lines 9 per cm.
1738
Strasburg lily
First published in: The Works of John Locke, 2 vols. (London: John Churchill at the Black Swan, 1714), 1: frontispiece.
Text available soon.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 58, p. 111.