Frontispice pour le "Tombeau du comte Sidney Godolphin" (Frontispiece for the "Tomb of Earl Sidney Godolphin"), from Tombeaux des Princes, des Grands Capitaines et autres Hommes illustres (Tombs of Princes, Great Captains, and other Illustrious Men)
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- Title: Frontispice pour le "Tombeau du comte Sidney Godolphin" (Frontispiece for the "Tomb of Earl Sidney Godolphin"), from Tombeaux des Princes, des Grands Capitaines et autres Hommes illustres (Tombs of Princes, Great Captains, and other Illustrious Men)
- Series/Portfolio: Tombeaux des Princes, des Grands Capitaines et autres Hommes illustres qui ont fleuri dans la Grande Bretagne vers la fin du XVII & le commencement du XVIII. Siècle Gravés par les plus Habiles Maitres de Paris, d'aprés les Tableaux et desseins origanaux des plus celebres Peintres d'Italie. Tirés du Cabinet de Monseigneur le Duc de Richmond et Lennox... A Paris, chez Basan et Poignant, marchands d'estampes
- Artist: Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715–1790 Paris)
- Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris)
- Author: Eugene MacSwiny
- Date: ca. 1736
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 25 7/16 x 16 7/16 in. (64.6 x 41.8 cm) trimmed to platemark
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955
- Object Number: 55.601.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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