Collection Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough

Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough

After Godfrey Kneller , Artist Jacob Houbraken , Artist
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About the Artwork

Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough

1745

After Godfrey Kneller (Artist) English, 1646-1723 Jacob Houbraken (Artist) Dutch, 1698-1780

Engraving and etching printed in black ink on laid paper

Plate: 14 × 8 1/2 inches (35.6 × 21.6 cm) Sheet: 14 1/2 × 8 7/8 inches (36.8 × 22.5 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S622

Public Domain

Markings

Signed and dated, in plate, below image, lower right: J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1745.

Inscribed, in plate, left edge of portrait medallion: SARAH DUTCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH Inscribed, below image, lower left: G. Kneller pinxit. Inscribed, lower center: In the Collection of the Hon: John Spencer. Inscribed, lower right: Impensis I. & P. Knapton. Londini.

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November 1886, Leavitt sale.
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Jacob Houbraken; after Godfrey Kneller, Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, 1745, engraving and etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S622.

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