Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, with His Countess, Frances Howard
Date:
ca. 1615
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, smooth, cream laid paper, pasted on mount, laid on additional larger mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 5 9/16 inches (19.1 × 14.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "[...] | very fine [...]"; in brown ink, on back, lower left: "npt"; in graphite, on back, lower center: "v, ut P3 9a1"; on mount, lower left: "H. vol. 2. p. 190, no. 58 | pl. 105. only state"; lower center: "Robert Carr shared the fe[...] of the beautiful + profligate Lady | Essex with Prince Henry, + supposed to have poised(?) him from jealousy-"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery