Bath, Art and Architecture: Sir William Byrde bust by John Cheere, Codrington Library, All Souls, Oxford

Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Sir William Byrde bust by John Cheere, Codrington Library, All Souls, Oxford

The Codrington Library Plaster Busts by John Cheere,

All Souls College, Oxford University.

Part 22.

Sir William Byrde (1540's - 1623).

Fellow of All Souls 1578.

Composer, Dean of the Arches and Burgess of Oxford University.

Portraits of Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, each in a circle; above, Tallis, half length, writing music; below, Byrd, bust length. Etching

Portraits of Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, each in a circle; above, Tallis, half length, writing music; below, Byrd, bust length. Etching

Sir William Byrd.

G Vandergucht (1696 - 1776).

after N Haym (1678 - 1729).

Nicola Francesco Haym - Composer, librettist and collector. Born Rome. Settled in London in March 1701 under the patronage of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford (q.v.) for a decade. Then librettist for Handel, edited Corelli. Wrote book on classical coins in British collections printed by Tonson 1719-20.

engraving.

199 x 128 mm.

c. 1730 - 40.

British Museum.
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