Object details
Accession number
ARC.007673
Creators
Full title
Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban [Franciscvs Bacon Baro de Vervlam Sti. Albini. Vicm.]
Creation Date
1726
Object Case
Royal Autograph Case
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Marks
Inscribed in engraving: "FRANCISVS BACON BARO DE VERLA STA/ ALBNI VICMS/ SEV NOTIORIBVS TITVIS/ SCIENTIARVM LVMEN FACVNDIAE LEX/ SIC SEDEBAT" [translation: "Francis Bacon/ Baron of Verulan, Viscount St. Albans/ or, by more conspicuous titles,/ of Science the Light, of Eloquence the Law,/ sat thus"]
Inscribed in engraving: "QVI POSTQVAM OMNIA NATVRALIS SAPIENTIAE/ ET CIVILIS ARCANA EVOLVISSET/ NATVRAE DECRETVM EXPLEVIT/ COMPOSITA SOLVANTVR/ ANO DNI MDCXXVI/ AETAT LXVI" [translation: "Who after all Natural Wisdom/ And Secrets of Civil Life he had unfolded/ Nature's Law fulfilled--/ Let Compounds be dissolved! In the year of our Lord 1626, aged 66"]
Inscribed in ink (on verso, top center): [indecipherable]
Inscribed in graphite (on verso, bottom center): "To be [indecipherable]"; "2117"
Inscribed in graphite (on verso, bottom right): "50/co"
Dimensions
22 x 15.5 cm (8 11/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Display Media
Engraving
Web Commentary
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Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
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