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Period: Mid-18th Century
Apuleius, Ancient Roman, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Apuleio' (Apuleius)
Copper-line engraving by N Billy after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni...
Category
Renaissance Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Shunga - Woodcut by Katsukawa Schuncho - Mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Shunga is an original modern artwork realized by Katsukawa Schuncho (1726 – 1793) in the half of the 18th Century.
Erotic scene from the series "Koshuko zue juni ko".
A courtesan with a customer under a kimono stand...
Category
Modern Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Terence, Ancient Roman, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Terenzio' (Terence)
Copper-line engraving by Silvestro Pomared after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) w...
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Renaissance Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Terence, Ancient Roman, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Terenzio' (Terence)
Copper-line engraving by Silvestro Pomared after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) w...
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Renaissance Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Hand-Colored Houbraken Portrait of "Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James"
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored portrait of Henry Prince of Wales, Son of James, engraved and etched by the Dutch master of portraits Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Cicero, Ancient Roman, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Cicerone' (Cicero)
Copper-line engraving by C Gregory after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) was an Ita...
Category
Renaissance Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Earl Waldegrave coat of arms
Located in Middletown, NY
London: c 1750. Steel engraving on cream wove paper, 5 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches (sheet) (142 x 162 mm), margins trimmed inside the platemark. Scattered handling wear, creasing and edge nic...
Category
English School Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Sir Francis Drake: 18th C. Portrait of 16th C. Navigator, Privateer, Politician
Located in Alamo, CA
This an 18th century copper plate engraved portrait of Sir Francis Drake by Jacobus Houbraken, after a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, from "The Hea...
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Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Marquis de Marigny: An 18th C. Wille Engraved Portrait after a Tocque Painting
By Louis Tocqué
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a mid 18th century engraved portrait of Abel François Poisson de Vandières, Marquis de Marigny by Jean Georges Wille after a painting by Louis Tocque...
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Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland: Mezzotint After a Painting by J. Reynolds
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century mezzotint portrait of Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland, Baroness Percy by Richard Houston after a painting by Joshua Reynolds, published in London by Robert Sayer in 1763. It is a rare, full length portrait of Elizabeth, who was known as Lady Betty. Lady Betty stands, facing to the right, holding her coronet, and wearing her peeress’s ermine and velvet robes over a brocade dress. In the background are a column, a billowing drape, and the grounds of Alnwick Castle...
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Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Sir Francis Bacon: 18th C. Portrait of Philosopher, Scientist, Author, Statesman
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century copperplate engraved portrait of Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans, Lord Chancellor by Jacobus Houbraken in 1738 after a p...
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Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Thomas Willis, MD, 17th C. Pioneer of Neurology & Psychiatry: 18th C. Portrait
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century copperplate engraved portrait of the 17th century physician and scientist Thomas Willis, MD from "The Heads of Illustrious Person...
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Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Plucking a Branch from a Neighbor's Plum Tree
Located in Middletown, NY
A mischevious tableau with sexual undertones.
Tokyo: Shuei-Sha, 1768.
Woodblock print in colors printed on laid mulberry paper, 10 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches (273 x 200 mm), full margins. ...
Category
Edo Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Woodcut
Il Giocolare - Etching by Giovanni Volpato - 1765 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and burin on paper.
Image dimension: 37.8x29
On the lower margin from left to right under the composition "Fran. co Maggiotto inv." and then "Gio. Volpato Sculp. appo Nic. ...
Category
Modern Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait of a Man after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Dupuis - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait After Raphael is an etching realized by N. Dupuis Junior in 1755.
Good conditions.
Signed in plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was re...
Category
Modern Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait of an infamous thief
By Abraham Bosse
Located in Middletown, NY
A fascinating image of a well-known theif robbing a merchant of goods held atop her head.
Paris: circa 1670.
Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 6 3/4 x 4 15/16 inches (17...
Category
Old Masters Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
Ben Alexander - Etching by Erich Heckel - 1927
By Erich Heckel
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on laid paper realized by Heckel in 1927.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right.
Hand numbered 11/20 lower left.
Provenance: Galerie Vayhinger, Radolfzell, Private Col...
Category
Expressionist Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
18th Century Engraved Portrait of George Savile, Marquis of Halifax by Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
A superb 18th century engraved portrait of George Savile, Marquis of Halifax, Plate 82 in "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain", written by...
Category
Realist Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The...
Category
Surrealist Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Mago of Carthage, Roman bust, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Magone Cartaginese' (Magone of Carthage)
Copper-line engraving by Pazzi after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) was an Italian painter and engraver from Florence, active under the patronage of the House of Medici.
Illustration of an Ancient Roman marble bust from 'Musei Capitolini', a series of engravings showing the sculpture of the Capitoline Museum in Rome.
Mago I, also known as Magon, was the king of the Ancient Carthage...
Category
Renaissance Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Diogenes the Cynic, Greek philosopher. C18th Grand Tour Roman bust engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Diogene Cinico'
Copper-line engraving by Pazzi after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692-1768).
From 'Musei Capitolini' a series of engravings showing the sculpture of the Capitoline Museum in Rome.
240mm by 170mm (platemark)
420mm by 270mm (sheet)
Diogenes, also known as Diogenes the Cynic, was a Greek philosopher...
Category
Renaissance Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Euripides, Ancient Greek, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Euripide Poeta Tragico' (Euripides, Tragic Poet)
Copper-line engraving by Nicola Billy after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni Domenico...
Category
Renaissance Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Johannes Wesselius Portrait: An 18th Century Engraving/Etching by Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century engraved and etched portrait of Johannes Wesselius by Jacobus Houbraken after a painting by Jan Maurits Quinkhard. It depicts a half-height image of Wesselius...
Category
Old Masters Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Thamas Kouli-Kan, Roy de Perse, 1742 (Nader Shah), portrait engraving, 1742
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French 18th century engraving, published in Paris, of the Emperor of Persia, Tahmasp Quli Khan (c.1688-1747), also known as Nader Shah.
150mm by 100mm (platemark)
170mm by 120mm (sh...
Category
French School Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Portraits after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Th...
Category
Surrealist Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Asclepiades, Ancient Greek, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Asclepiade' (Asclepiades)
Copper-line engraving by Silvestro Pomarede after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–...
Category
Renaissance Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Masinissa, King of Nubia, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Massinissa re de' Numidi'
Copper-line engraving by Carlo Gregori after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) was an Italian painter and engraver from Florence, active under the patronage of the House of Medici.
Illustration of an ancient marble bust...
Category
Renaissance Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Theophrastus, Ancient Greek, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
''Teofrasto' (Theophrastus)
Copper-line engraving by Silvestro Pomarede after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) was an Italian painter and engraver from Florence, active under the patronage of the House of Medici.
Illustration of an Ancient Greek marble...
Category
Renaissance Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Lysias, Ancient Greek, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Lisia' (Lysias)
Copper-line engraving by Pietro Parrocol after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) was an Italian painter and engraver from Florence, active under the patronage of the House of Medici.
Illustration of an Ancient Greek marble...
Category
Renaissance Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing and folding.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes....
Category
Surrealist Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Lieutenant General Talmash: 18th C. Portrait by Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century copperplate engraved portrait of Lieutenant General Talmash by Jacobus Houbraken after a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, from "The Heads of Illustrious Perso...
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Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
18th C. Portrait of William Harvey, MD: 17th C. Circulatory System Discoveries
Located in Alamo, CA
An 18th century engraved portrait of William Harvey, MD by Jacobus Houbraken after a painting by Wilhem von Bemmel, from "The Heads of Illustrious Pers...
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Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury: An 18th C. Hand-Colored Portrait by Kneller
By (After) Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored portrait of John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury, engraved and etched by the Dutch master of portraits Jacobus Houb...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Joseph Addison: 18th C. Portrait of Philosopher, Poet, Playwright and Politician
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century copperplate engraved portrait of Joseph Addison, Esq. by Jacobus Houbraken after a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, from "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain", published in London in 1748 by John & Paul Knapton. It depicts a bust portrait of Addison in an ornamental oval. He is turned to his right, but he is looking directly at the viewer. He is wearing a dark coat over a white shirt. Below the oval are items relating to plays, music, as well as the rod of Asclepius and books lying in foreground on the right.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. he founded The Spectator magazine with his friend Richard Steele. In 1712, Addison wrote his most famous work, "Cato, a Tragedy". It focussed on the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis, He was dealing with issues of individual liberty versus government tyranny. The play was particularly popular in America. It is credited as an inspiration for the American Revolution. General George Washington had Cato performed for the Continental Army at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78.
Several famous quotations from the American Revolution were inspired by passages in Cato, including: Patrick Henry's famous "Give me liberty or give me death!", inspired by Act II, Scene 4: "It is not now time to talk of aught, But chains or conquest, liberty or death.") and Nathan Hale...
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Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with foxing and folding.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes....
Category
Surrealist Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portraits after Giulio Romano - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits after Giulio Romano is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etch...
Category
Modern Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait after Domenichino - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Domenichino is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions.
signed on plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was...
Category
Surrealist Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The...
Category
Surrealist Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing.
The artwork is depicted through confident strok...
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Surrealist Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Angels - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Angels is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions.
The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - Méthode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand Art.. enrichie de cent planches representant differentes parties du Corps Humain.. et quelques etudes d`Animaux & de Paysage. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1755”
The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, Guido Reni and Titian, as well as classical works including the Farnese Hercules and the Medici Venus.
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Surrealist Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
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Etching
Portrait - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing and stain.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
...
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Surrealist Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with slight foxing and folding.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident s...
Category
Surrealist Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing and folding.
The artwork is depicted through confident s...
Category
Modern Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
The Study of Hand after Bouchardon - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Study of Hand after Bouchardon is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The...
Category
Modern Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing and folding.
The artwork is depicted through confident s...
Category
Modern Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing and folding.
The artwork is depicted through confident s...
Category
Modern Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was...
Category
Modern Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
The Passage - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Passage is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
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Modern Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait After Michelangelo - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Michelangelo is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions.
Signed in plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching wa...
Category
Modern Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Raphael is anetching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions.
Signed in plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was real...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with foxing and folding.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes....
Category
Surrealist Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The...
Category
Surrealist Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The...
Category
Surrealist Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Officier Tartare - Original Etching by Jean Baptiste Le Prince - 1765
Located in Roma, IT
Officier Tartare is an original artwork realized by the French artist Jean Baptiste Le Prince (1734-1781)
Etching on paper. Signed, dated on p...
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Modern Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Human Heads from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Human heads from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", original etching from the end of the 18th Century, made by Various Old Masters..
In very good co...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Roman Medal - Original Etching by Various Old Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Medal from the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In very good cond...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
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Etching
King Richard II /// Old Masters British Royal Family Portrait Engraving Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: George Virtue (English, 1684-1756)
Title: "King Richard II"
Portfolio: The Heads of the Kings of England, Proper for Mr. Rapin's History
*Issued unsigned, though signed by Virtue in the plate (printed signature) lower right
Year: 1736
Medium: Original Engraving on laid paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Unknown, London? UK
Publisher: James, John, and Paul Knapton, London, UK
Reference: Brunet No. IV.1115; Bryan V. No. 294
Framing: Recently framed in a gold ornate moulding with 100% cotton rag matting
Framed size: 23.63" x 19.69"
Image size: 11.25" x 7.25"
Condition: In excellent condition
Notes:
Comes from Virtue's 1736 "The Heads of the Kings of England, Proper for Mr. Rapin's History" portfolio of approximately 63 engravings.
Richard II (1367-1400), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Richard's father, Edward, Prince of Wales, died in 1376, leaving Richard as heir apparent to his grandfather, King Edward III...
Category
Baroque Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
King Henry VII /// Old Masters Royal Family British Portrait Face Engraving Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: George Virtue (English, 1684-1756)
Title: "King Henry VII"
Portfolio: The Heads of the Kings of England, Proper for Mr. Rapin's History
*Issued unsigned, though signed by Virtue in the plate (printed signature) lower right
Year: 1736
Medium: Original Engraving on laid paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Unknown, London? UK
Publisher: James, John, and Paul Knapton, London, UK
Reference: Brunet No. IV.1115; Bryan V. No. 294
Framing: Recently framed in a gold ornate moulding with 100% cotton rag matting, and filet from Italy
Framed size: 22.69" x 18.63"
Image size: 11" x 7"
Condition: Light toning and a few minor foxmarks to sheet. In very good condition
Notes:
Comes from Virtue's 1736 "The Heads of the Kings of England, Proper for Mr. Rapin's History" portfolio of approximately 63 engravings. Engraving of Henry VII, King of England. Half length with long hair, cap with jewelled brooch, jewelled collar, and robes edged in ermine, holding orb in left hand and sceptre in right. Within a rectangular frame with crown, orb, and sceptre above and with coat of arms, putti, and a portrait of Elizabeth of York below. With English inscription below.
Henry VII (1457-1509) was the King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 to his death. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor. Henry attained the throne when his forces defeated King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, the culmination of the Wars of the Roses.
Biography:
George Vertue...
Category
Baroque Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
