File:Portrait of Sir John Fortescue by William Faithorne, from Fortescutus Illustratus (1663) by Edward Waterhouse.jpg
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[edit]William Faithorne: English: Sir John Fortescu Knight, Lord Cheife Justice & Lord Chancellor of England under King Henry the Sixth.
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artist QS:P170,Q3568608 |
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English: Sir John Fortescu Knight, Lord Cheife Justice & Lord Chancellor of England under King Henry the Sixth. |
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English: Portrait of Sir John Fortescue (c. 1394 – c. 1480), Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and the author of De Laudibus Legum Angliæ (Concerning the Praises of the Laws of England, first published posthumously in 1543), an influential treatise on English law. |
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1663 date QS:P571,+1663-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | line engraving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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paper size: height: 9.7 in (24.7 cm); width: 6.3 in (16.1 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,9.750U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,6.375U218593 |
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institution QS:P195,Q238587 |
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NPG D22739 |
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Object history | 1931: Donated by Mary Elizabeth Stopford, daughter of compiler William Fleming M.D. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | caption: "Sr John Forteſcu Kt Lord Cheife Justice & Lord Chancellor of England vnder King Henry ye Sixth."; under portrait, on the left: "W. Faithorne sculp." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References | National Portrait Gallery: NPG D22739 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | [1], from Edward Waterhouse (1663) Fortescutus Illustratus, or a Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Written by Sir John Fortescue Knight, first Lord Chief Justice, after Lord Chancellour to King Henry the Sixth. Which Treatise, Dedicated to Prince Edward that King's Son and Heir (whom he Attended in his Retirement into France, and to whom he Loyally and Affectionately Imparted himself in the Virtue and Variety of his Excellent Discourse) Hee Purposely Wrote to Consolidate his Princely Minde in the Love and Approbation of the Good Lawes of England, and of the Laudable Customs of this Native Country. The Heroique Design of whose Excellent Judgement and Loyal Addiction to his Prince, is Humbly Endeavoured to be Revived, Admired, and Advanced, London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for Thomas Dicas [etc.], p. facing p. 1 OCLC: 830342279. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- 17th-century portrait engravings in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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- Fortescutus Illustratus, or a Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ (1663) by Edward Waterhouse
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