John Baptist Jackson and Justus van Egmont
Portrait of Algeron Sidney
1720-1784
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Physical Qualities
Color woodcut, Sheet: 342 × 225 mm. (13 7/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase Fund
Object Number
1945.69
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Inscribed: Recto: in block, at lower left: "Zustus Verus pinx."; in block, at lower right: "J:B:J sculp: et exc."; Verso: at botton center, in graphite: "Cha 1 - Ch 7"; at bottom center, in black ink: "This is a very scarce portrait of Algeron Sidney / J. B. Jackson [indecipherable] went to Venice where he worked / at his chiaroscuro prints. This is probably executed after his [indecipherable] trip to England about 1740."
