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Portrait of Henry Purcell: AD.11.21-187

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Portrait of Henry Purcell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: White, Robert
Closterman, John

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1695 CE - Circa 1698 CE

Note

The portrait was used as frontispiece to Purcell's 'Orpheus Britannicus' (1698). The painting by Closterman is now in the National Portrait Gallery, London (1352)

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.11.21-187
Primary reference Number: 225930
O'Donoghue: 2
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Audit data

Created: Friday 7 December 2018 Updated: Friday 7 December 2018 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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