John Dryden (1631–1700)

Image credit: Senate House, University of London

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This portrait complements a number of first editions of poems and plays by John Dryden, as well as the Essex House Press edition of 'Alexander's Feast' (1904), printed on vellum, in Senate House Library.

Senate House, University of London

London

Title

John Dryden (1631–1700)

Date

18th C

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 74 x W 62 cm

Accession number

PO-0122

Acquisition method

gifted by Sir Louis Sterling, 1951 (from Christies, 29th June 1951); previously: Charles Montague, 1st Earl of Halifax (sale 1739/1740); Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield; Henry Lascelles, later 6th Earl of Harewood, 1918 (from house sale, Leedam and Harrison, 15th–25th July 1918)

Work type

Painting

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Senate House, University of London

Malet St Bloomsbury , London, Greater London WC1E 7HU England

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