Elias Allen
Portrait of Elias Allen, half-length to right, looking towards left, seated at a table on which lie mathematical instruments, holding a pair of compasses in his right hand, wearing broad white collar over dark jacket fastened with fourteen buttons; more instruments and tools hanging on wall behind; after Hendrick van der Borcht.
Artwork Details
- Title: Elias Allen
- Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Artist: After Hendrik van der Borcht II (Dutch, Frankenthal 1614– ca. 1690 Antwerp)
- Sitter: Elias Allen (British, Tonbridge, Kent ca. 1588–1653 London)
- Date: 1666
- Medium: Etching, only state
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (23.9 × 16.4 cm)
cut within platemark - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
- Object Number: 49.95.2674
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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