Sunday, 4 December 2016

Bust of Archbishop Usher in the Long Room at Trinity College Library, Dublin.

 
A Marble Bust of Archbishop James Us(s)her (1581 - 1656).
Benefactor
in the Long Room at Trinity College Library,
Dublin.
by Peter Scheemakers.
Signed P.S. Ft.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photographed by the Author - 4 October 2016.
 
For the busts at in the Library at Trinity See -
 
Anne Crookshank & David Webb. Paintings and sculptures in Trinity College Dublin. Dublin: Trinity College Dublin Press. 1990. [Includes pictures of all busts and brief biographies of the subjects].
W. G. Strickland. A descriptive catalogue of the pictures, busts and sculptures in Trinity College Dublin and in the Provost’s House. Dublin: The University Press. 1916. [Brief biographies of subjects, but no illustrations].
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There are a surprisingly large number of engravings of the Archbishop, any one or a number of which could have been the source for the Scheemaker bust.
 
Below are a selection from the National Portrait Gallery.
 
 
 
 James Ussher, by Robert Vaughan, mid 17th century - NPG D26753 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
James Ussher
Engraving
Robert Vaughan
183 x 127 Paper size
1644.
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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James Ussher, by George Glover, published by  Richard Royston, 1645 - NPG D20323 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
James Ussher
Engraving by George Glover
215 x 147 mm. Paper Size
1645.
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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James Ussher, by William Marshall, 1650 - NPG D33207 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
James Ussher
Engraving
William Marshall
107 x 61 mm.
1650
 
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
 
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James Ussher, published by Peter Stent, after  Unknown artist, mid 17th century - NPG D33197 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
 
Thomas Ussher
Engraving
Anon
Pub. Peter Stent
Mid 17th Century.
252 x 189 mm.
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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James Ussher, by William Faithorne, mid 17th century - NPG D26756 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
James Ussher
Engraving
William Faithorne
derived from the Lely Potrait (below)
195 x 133 mm.
1755
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
 
James Ussher, by William Faithorne, 1656 - NPG D22962 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
 
James Ussher
Engraving
William Faithorne
17 x 116 mm.
1656.
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
 
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 James Ussher, by John Dunstall, mid 17th century - NPG D26752 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
 
Dr James Usher
Engraving 
John Dunstall
dated 1656
152 x 113 mm.
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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James Ussher, by William Marshall, published by  John Stafford, mid 17th century - NPG D26760 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
James Ussher
Engraving Mid 17th Century
William Marshall
178 x 104 mm Paper Size.
 
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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Archbishop James Ussher
Engraving
after Marshall
231 x 152 mm
1670
 
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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James Ussher, by George Vertue, after  Sir Peter Lely, 1738 - NPG D39276 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
James Ussher
after the original oil painting by Lely
Engraving
by George Vertue
370 x 240 mm.
1738.
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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 James Ussher, after Unknown artist, mid 18th century - NPG D26761 - © National Portrait Gallery, London
 
James Ussher
after Lely
Engraving
anon - Mid 18th Century
160 x 115 mm.
 
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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Portrait of James Ussher, half-length, in an oval lettered with the title, slightly turned to the right, dressed in an academic gown with a large ruff about his neck and a skull-cap on his head, Hebrew scrolls and drapery above and with books, armorials a
 
James Ussher
Engraving
after the original by Lely
In the possession of General Tyrrel at Shotover Park.
George Vertue
358 x 225 mm.
1738
from Birch's Heads
British Museum.
 
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Portrait, bust directed to left, looking towards the viewer, wearing dark clerical robe with ruf and skull cap over white hair, with a short beard, in a circular frame with papers inscribed in Greek above to right, crest, mitre, seals and books below and a scene of two women teaching a child the alphabet to right; after Lely.  1744  Mezzotint
 
 
 
James Ussher
Mezzotint
After Lely
356 x 247 mm
 
Pub. Dublin 1744
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James Usher
Sir Peter Lely
Oil on Canvas
781 x 654 mm.
 
© National Portrait Gallery, London
 
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Portrait of James Ussher, full-length, slightly turned to the left and looking to the right, seated on a chair with a book in his hand, dressed in a chimere over his rochet  Engraving
 
 
Engraving by J, Fougeron
124 x 95 mm.
c. 1750
 British Museum
 

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