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Title: Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex
Series/Portfolio: Thomas Birch, The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain
Engraver:
Jacob Houbraken (Dutch, Dordrecht 1698–1780 Amsterdam)
Artist:
After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
Publisher:
J. and P. Knapton (British, active 1735–89)
Author:
Related to work by Thomas Birch (British, 1705–1766)
Sitter:
Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (British, ca. 1485–1540)
Date: 1739
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed within plate): 14 1/4 × 8 11/16 in. (36.2 × 22 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number: 51.501.2021
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