Portrait of Oliver Cromwell

Engraver William James Linton British
After Jacob Houbraken Dutch
Sitter Oliver Cromwell British
1848–56
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Portrait of Oliver Cromwell
  • Engraver: William James Linton (British, London 1812–1897 New Haven, Connecticut)
  • Artist: After Jacob Houbraken (Dutch, Dordrecht 1698–1780 Amsterdam)
  • Sitter: Oliver Cromwell (British, Huntingdon 1599–1658 London)
  • Date: 1848–56
  • Medium: Wood engraving, proof
  • Dimensions: Plate: 3 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (9.5 × 6 cm)
    Sheet: 13 in. × 10 1/16 in. (33 × 25.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of William F. Hopson, 1918
  • Object Number: 18.38.21
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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