Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Date1738
Engraver
Jacobus Houbraken
1698-1780
Publisher
John and Paul Knapton
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching
DimensionsOH: 21 1/16" x OW: 14 13/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1930-439
DescriptionText around oval reads: "ROBERT DUDLEY EARL OF LEICESTER"Lower margin reads: "J. Houbraken sculp. Amst./ In the Collection of S.r. Robert Worsley Bar.t./ Impensis I. & R. Knapton Londini 1738"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 1930, Robert Fridenberg (New York, NY); 1930-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
