Edmond Waller, Esq.

Date1727

After work by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723)

Engraver George Vertue (1684-1756)

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching

DimensionsOH: 17 15/16" x OW: 12 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1932-105

DescriptionPlaque and base below portrait reads: "Edmund Waller Esq./ All but byt Nymph that should redress his worng/ Attend his Passion and improve his song. W./ G. Kneller pinx 1684 Ob. 1687./ Geo. Vertue Sculp 1727"
Lower margin engraved: "Bot. Praehonorabili Dno Gulielmo Pulteney Armigero / hanc tabulam ad Archetypum in ipsius Adibus expreddam. D.D./ G. Vertue"