Title

'Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke', c1600, (1942). Creator: Paulus van Somer.

Caption

'Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke', c1600, (1942). Portrait of author, playwright and poet Mary Sidney Herbert (1561-1621), one of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her poetry and literary patronage. After an oil painting made late 16th-early 17th century. From "English Women", by Edith Sitwell. [Collins, London, 1942]

Credit line

Photo12/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19G32_404

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,5Mb (3,1Mb) / 11,1in x 20,7in / 3342 x 6222 (300dpi)

Keywords

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