Original Unpublished Papers Illustrative Of The Life Of Sir Peter Paul Rubens, As An Artist And A Diplomatist. Preserved In H.M. State Paper Office. With An Appendix Of Documents Respecting The Arundelian Collection; The Earl Of Somerset's Collection; The Great Mantuan Collection; The Duke Of Buckingham, Gentileschi, Gerbier, Honthorst, Le Sueur, Myttens, Torrentius, Vanderdoort, Etc., Etc., Etc. Collected And Edited By W. Noël Sainsbury. (Of H.M. State Paper Office.)
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/66
Imprint
London:: Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie Street,, 1859. [The Author reserves the right of Translation.]
The frontispiece is signed, 'Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen.'
The printer is named on the title-page verso and in the colophon: 'London: Bradbury And Evans, Printers, Whitefriars.'
The work is dedicated by W. Noël Sainsbury to Sylvain Van De Weyer.
References
N. Penny, ed., Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel [exhibition catalogue] (1985); D. Howarth, Lord Arundel and his circle (1985).
Summary Note
The text consists chiefly of letters, to and from Rubens, B. Gerbier and others, conserved in H.M. State Paper Office (afterwards the Public Record Office, subsequently part of the Great Britain National Archives). It concludes with 'An Inventory Of Pictures Found In The Howse Of The Late Sr Peter Paul Rubens, Knt, After His Death.'
The frontispiece shows the arms of Rubens, and is captioned 'Sir Peter Paul Rubens Knt. Certified At The Heralds Office Brussels'. It is lithographed in color. The plate shows various objects in Rubens's collection.
Immediate source of Acquisition
Purchased in, 1867. (See Librarian's Report, RA Annual Report for 1867, p. 26).
Binding Note
19th-century green bead-grain cloth; spine lettered 'The Life Of Sir Peter Paul Rubens - N. Sainsbury'.
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