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Title:
Simon George of Cornwall
Object name(s):
print; engraving; portrait
Brief description:
engraving, mounted on card, inscribed 'from an original drawing by Holbein in H.M.'s collection, engraved by F.Bartolozzi Historical engraver to His Majesty'
Collection:
Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery
Acquisition method:
untraced find
Acquisition note:
unknown
Associated concept:
FINE ART
Associated concept:
English School
Associated person:
George, Simon
Person's association:
sitter
Association note:
very little is known about Simon George except that he is named in a heraldic visitation for Cornwall. He probably married Thomasine Lanyon from a long-established Cornish family
Dimension:
height
Dimension measured part:
image
Dimension value:
330 mm
Dimension:
width
Dimension measured part:
image
Dimension value:
240 mm
Dimension:
height
Dimension measured part:
mount
Dimension value:
450 mm
Dimension:
width
Dimension measured part:
mount
Dimension value:
360 mm
Object name:
print; engraving; portrait
Object number:
TRURI : 1000.164
Object production person:
Holbein, Hans
Person's association:
artist
Person's biographical note:
after
Object production person:
Bartolozzi, E.
Person's association:
engraver
Use begin date:
13.11.2010
Use end date:
24.12.2010
Use organiser:
Royal Institution of Cornwall
Use title:
Faces, Places, Figures and Beasts

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2331c174-c091-3ee2-bcf9-93950d4d2665

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2331c174-c091-3ee2-bcf9-93950d4d2665, Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, CC BY-NC

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