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Samuel Clarke D.D.
Direct scan of object

Samuel Clarke D.D.

Date1737-1748
Artist/Maker
Artist/Maker 1698-1780
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching
DimensionsOH: 16 1/4" x OW: 10 1/4"; Plate: H: 14 12" x W: 9 1/4"
Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. Brock W. Jobe.
Object number1977-312
DescriptionText on oval reads: "SAMUEL CLARKE D.D."
Lower margin reads: "Gibson pinxit/ In the Posession of M.rs Clarke/ Impensis J& P Knapton Londini/ J. Houbraken sculps Amst."Label TextThis is one of the portraits for the Kit Kat Club and was then included in volumes of Birch's "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Engraved by Mr Houbraken and by Mr Vertue" (London, 1743-1752) (compiling of portraits of famous people); these were sold in the Colonies.ProvenanceBefore 1977, Mr. And Mrs. Brock W. Jobe (Williamsburg, VA); 1977-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).