unknown artist, ( ? J Cooper )OR after unknown artist, ( J. Cooper )
Title:
Sir Edward Coke
Date:
ca. 1615
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 10 5/8 × 8 1/4 inches (27 × 21 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: "Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice, in ye Reign of King James the 1st | Ob:1634. AEt:83."; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Vol.2 P.83"; inscribed in pen and black ink, verso, upper center: "Sr. Edward Coke, Lord Chief | Justice of England in ye Reign of | King James I. ob:1634 AEt: 83."; inscribed in pen and black ink, upper right: "0.0.10. | J.Cooper excudit. |of Inv. Billers in | Cambridge 1738-9"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection