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The Curtain's drawne, all may perceive the plot:..': P.5580-R

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Curtain's drawne, all may perceive the plot:..'
Charles I and John Gauden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

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Notes

History note: Stamped with a collection mark of an unidentified collecter {Lugt 53]; From Lord Brownlow's collection, sale (Sotheby's) 28/10/1926, lot 158 (with 4 others)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1933) by Charrington, John

Dating

17th Century
Production date: AD 1649

Note

Same subject (but composition and verses different) as that of the frontispiece to "Eikon Alethine" (1649) (Truthful Image) which as an anonymous response to Charles book "Eikon Basilike" (The King's Book). This book was written in the king's voice and was a defense of Charles' actions in the civil war, and comparisons of the king with Old Testament patriarchs. There was great controversy over authorship, as the book was believed to have been written by John Gauden - a political and religious writer. The Latin spoken by the Fool is a famous rhetorical question from Horace's De Arte Poetica

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.5580-R
Primary reference Number: 165842
Lugt: 572
Lugt: 53
Stephens/George: undescribed

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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