Sir Ranulph Crewe (from Dugdale's "Origines Juridicales," 1666)
The bust length portrait of Crewe is presented nearly full face; he has a mustache and a small close trimmed beard. He wears a flat black cap with white ear flaps, a triple-pleated ruff, and a judge's robe with a white fur cape. Around his shoulders hangs a chain of an Order composed of knots and the letter 'S' with two portocullis and a rose.
Artwork Details
- Title: Sir Ranulph Crewe (from Dugdale's "Origines Juridicales," 1666)
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Author: Related author Sir William Dugdale (British, 1605–1686)
- Sitter: Sir Ranulph Crewe (British, 1558–1645/46)
- Date: 1664
- Medium: Etching; first state of two
- Dimensions: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 7 15/16 in. (29.8 × 20.2 cm) cut within the platemark
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.3.274
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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