- Title:
- Bookplate of Lord Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam (1745-1816)
- Object name(s):
- printing matrix; printing plate
- Brief description:
- Small copper plate engraved, 'Richard Fitzwilliam' with arms and motto of the Viscounts Fitzwilliam: Lozengy argent and gules surmounted by a crown holding ten ostrich feathers, with ostrich supporters to either side, each holding horseshoes in their beaks. Head of Hermes wearing winged helmet in scrolling border below with motto on scrolls to left and right: 'DEO ADJUVENTE / NON TIMENDUM' (God assist us, nothing is to be feared), the whole within a border of classical columns, scrollwork and entwined foliage.
- Collection:
- Fitzwilliam Museum
- Acquisition method:
- unknown
- Acquisition source:
- Unknown
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 80
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 65
- Material:
- copper
- Object name:
- printing matrix; printing plate
- Object number:
- P.15136-R
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1776
- Date - latest:
- 1776
- Date - period:
- 18th Century
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- printmaker
- Other number:
- P.15136-R
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 317470
- Other number type:
- priref
- Other number:
- https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/317470
- Other number type:
- uri
- Responsible department/section:
- Paintings, Drawings and Prints
- Style:
- British
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/32e35afd-ee1e-3b95-ac00-b64731331830
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/32e35afd-ee1e-3b95-ac00-b64731331830, Fitzwilliam Museum, CC 0
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