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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)

Things – T85378

Old Briton Man and Coat of Arms of the Wentworth Family

(London, BM)

Details

Matrices

Old Briton Man (state I/III)

Actors

Thomas Wentworth (baptised 17 September 1672 - 15 November 1739) dedicatee attr.

Places

London, British Museum (1857,0214.426) storage place

Design

Old Briton Man (Tonson) Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii in folio (Tonson 1712) ◼

In-Urus interactions

⇥ Old Briton Man and Druid (Societas Albritiana) Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii (Societas Albritiana 1737) ◼
⇥ Michael van der Gucht (printmaker), Ancient Britons (Nutt) Part of Set for Cox's Magna Britannia et Hibernia (Nutt) ◼
⇥ Map of Britain and British Peoples (Societas Albritiana) Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii (Societas Albritiana 1737) ◼
⇤ Walter Dolle (printmaker), Old Briton Man Part of Set for Sammes's Britannia Antiqua Illustrata ◼

Expert view

Iconography description

Britons (Iconclass: 32B2(BRITONS))

References

Web resources

digital copy (BM)

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-01-15 19:40)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-08-18 09:29)