F Baour after Hussain

Thamas Kouli-Kan, Roy de Perse, 1742 (Nader Shah), portrait engraving, 1742

1742

'George II' Copper-line engraving by Pierre Francois Basan (1723-1797) after Founan. Basan (1723-1797) was a French engraver and publisher. George II (1683-1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Leneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. He was the last British monarch to have been born outside Great Britain, and was famous for his numerous conflicts with his father and, subsequently, with his son. As king, he exercised little control over policy in his early reign, the government instead being controlled by Great Britain's de facto first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole...

Copper-line engraving by Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) after Peter Lely. Houbraken was a Dutch engraver famous for his series of portraits of famous English historical figures with elaborate cartouches. Originally published 1739, this impression c1820. 360mm by 230mm (platemark) Henry Bennet, 1st earl of Arlington, 1618-85, was an English statesman who fought for the royalists in the English civil war...

Copper-line engraving by Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780). Houbraken was a Dutch engraver famous for his series of portraits of famous English historical figures with elaborate cartouc...

Copper-line engraving by Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) after Holbein. Houbraken was a Dutch engraver famous for his series of portraits of famous English historical figures with elaborate cartouches. Originally published 1739, this impression c1820. 360mm by 230mm (platemark) Sir Thomas Smythe...

18th Century Engraving of Mahomet (Prophet Muhammad), Published by Daumont Paris Description: This antique French engraving depicts Mahomet (Muhammad), described here as the founder...

Antique engraving of Cyrus the Great, King of Persia, Remondini, circa 1750 This antique engraving depicts Cyrus the Great (c. 600–530 BC), the legendary founder of the Achaemenid E...

Portrait of Turkish Sultan Cadi-Lechker is an original Lithograph realized by an anonymous artist in the mid 19th Century. Good conditions. The artwo...

Sultano Selim II is an original artwork realized by an Unknown artist in 1849. Beautiful lithograph hand-watercolored on paper. Good conditions. Titled on the bottom center. Delfin...