Sir Francis Drake
Date1740-1750
Engraver
Jacobus Houbraken
(1698-1780)
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching
DimensionsOH: 14 1/4" x OW: 9"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1930-432
DescriptionText on banner reads: "S.r FRANCIS DRAKE"Lower margin reads: "J. Houbraken Sculp Amst."
Label TextThis is one of the portraits for the Kit Kat Club and was then included in volumes of Birch's "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Engraved by Mr Houbraken and by Mr Vertue" (London, 1743-1752) (compiling of portraits of famous people); these were sold in the Colonies.
March 23, 1744
1737-1748
1744
