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Effigies generosiss. et fortiss. militis Iohannis Penington eqitis aurati [graphic] / Cor. v. Dalen sculp.

Dalen, Cornelis van, 1602-1665, printmaker.; Jenner, Thomas, -1673, publisher.
1636
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Title
Effigies generosiss. et fortiss. militis Iohannis Penington eqitis aurati [graphic] / Cor. v. Dalen sculp.
Variant title
True portracture of that famous & valliant sea capt. Sr. Iohn Penington, knight, one of the Gentlemen in Ordinarie of his Maties. priuie Chamber, Gouernor & Captaine of Sandowne Castle in Kent and Vice Admirall of his Maties. fleete for this expedition, ao. 1636
Created/published
[London] : Sould by Tho. Ienner at Exchange, [ca. 1636]
Description
1 print : engraving ; plate mark 220 x 165 mm
Associated name
Dalen, Cornelis van, 1602-1665, printmaker.
Jenner, Thomas, -1673, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
Oval portrait. Half length, to viewer's right, in armour, lace collar and sash. Seascape with ships in right background.
Note
Title from lettering around oval portrait.

Lettering below portrait: The true portracture of that Famous & Valliant Sea Capt. Sr. Iohn Penington, knight, one of the Gentlemen in Ordinarie of his Maties. priuie Chamber, Gouernor & Captaine of Sandowne Castle in Kent and Vice Admirall of his Maties. fleete for this expedition, ao. 1636.

Plate mark dimensions from Hollstein.
Cited/described in
Hind, A.M. Engraving in England in the sixteenth & seventeenth centuries, v. 3, p. 255, no. 8
British Museum. Catalogue of engraved British portraits, Penington, Sir John, no. 1
Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Dalen 150
Genre/form
Portraits, Male.
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
ART 249- 928 (size XS)
Folger-specific note
Trimmed to plate mark.
Folger accession
249928

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