Queen Mary ( as
Princess of Wales)
An Original
engraving by Kneller
after Golder, ...originally from Vertues work
"The Heads of the Kings of England Proper
Published: P.
Rapin de Thoyras [trans. N. Tindal], The History of England, 2nd
ed. [in folio], 2 vols. (London, 1732-3), added for subscribers; G.
Vertue, The Heads of the Kings of England Proper for Mr Rapin's
History, Translated by N. Tindal, M.A. (London, 1736)Egbert, first
monarch of England, Alfred the Great, Canute the Dane, William the
Conqueror, first of the Norman line, and all the succeeding kings
and sovereign queens, to the Revolution; with some of the most
illustrious princes of the royal family. Collected, drawn, and
engraven, with ornaments and decorations. To which are added, the
heads of Mr. Rapin and N. Tindal, M.A. and an account of the
several heads, of he antiquities that have been followed, and of
the pictures copied for engraving them. Also, twenty two plates of
the monuments of the kings of England, with their epitaphs, and
inscriptions, and a brief historical account of them. 18th Century
Copperplate engraving. Copper Plate.
OVERALL SIZE: 16x9
inches.IMAGE: 11x7
inches. 27x17 cms. Condition: Printed on early eighteenth
century paper and with
margins cropped slightly on all sides. Signed and dated by Vertue
in the plate to the lower right. In very good condition
throughout.
Artist: George Vertue (1683 -
1756)
Nationality: British Media:
Engraving Biography: VERTUE, GEORGE (1684-1756), English engraver
and antiquary, was born in St Martins-in-the-Fields, London, in
1684. At the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to an heraldic
engraver, a Frenchman, who failed in three or four years. Vertue
then studied drawing at home, and afterwards worked for seven years
as an engraver under Michael Vandergucht. He was patronized by Sir
Godfrey Kneller, and was one of the first members of the Academy of
Painting which that artist instituted in 1711. His plate of
Archbishop Tillotson, after Kneller, commissioned by Lord Somers,
established his reputation as an engraver; and he was soon in
anexcellent practice, engraving portraits after Dahl, Richardson,
Jervas and Gibson. In portraiture alone he executed over five
hundred plates. In 1717 he was appointed engraver to the Society of
Antiquaries, and his signature. was employed upon many interesting
statues, tombs, portraits and other subjects of an antiquarian
nature. He died on the 24th of July 1756, and was buried in the
cloisters of Westminster Abbey.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
This is a
version from Engraved for Harrison's Edition of Rapin
Published
London, 3 November 1784 . . . . .
. £25
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Queen Anne
An Original
engraving by Kneller
after Golder, ...originally from Vertues work
"The Heads of the Kings of England Proper
Published: P.
Rapin de Thoyras [trans. N. Tindal], The History of England, 2nd
ed. [in folio], 2 vols. (London, 1732-3), added for subscribers; G.
Vertue, The Heads of the Kings of England Proper for Mr Rapin's
History, Translated by N. Tindal, M.A. (London, 1736)Egbert, first
monarch of England, Alfred the Great, Canute the Dane, William the
Conqueror, first of the Norman line, and all the succeeding kings
and sovereign queens, to the Revolution; with some of the most
illustrious princes of the royal family. Collected, drawn, and
engraven, with ornaments and decorations. To which are added, the
heads of Mr. Rapin and N. Tindal, M.A. and an account of the
several heads, of he antiquities that have been followed, and of
the pictures copied for engraving them. Also, twenty two plates of
the monuments of the kings of England, with their epitaphs, and
inscriptions, and a brief historical account of them. 18th Century
Copperplate engraving. Copper Plate.
OVERALL SIZE: 16x9
inches.IMAGE: 11x7
inches. 27x17 cms. Condition: Printed on early eighteenth
century paper and with
margins cropped slightly on all sides. Signed and dated by Vertue
in the plate to the lower right. In very good condition
throughout.
Artist: George Vertue (1683 -
1756)
Nationality: British Media:
Engraving Biography: VERTUE, GEORGE (1684-1756), English engraver
and antiquary, was born in St Martins-in-the-Fields, London, in
1684. At the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to an heraldic
engraver, a Frenchman, who failed in three or four years. Vertue
then studied drawing at home, and afterwards worked for seven years
as an engraver under Michael Vandergucht. He was patronized by Sir
Godfrey Kneller, and was one of the first members of the Academy of
Painting which that artist instituted in 1711. His plate of
Archbishop Tillotson, after Kneller, commissioned by Lord Somers,
established his reputation as an engraver; and he was soon in
anexcellent practice, engraving portraits after Dahl, Richardson,
Jervas and Gibson. In portraiture alone he executed over five
hundred plates. In 1717 he was appointed engraver to the Society of
Antiquaries, and his signature. was employed upon many interesting
statues, tombs, portraits and other subjects of an antiquarian
nature. He died on the 24th of July 1756, and was buried in the
cloisters of Westminster Abbey.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
This is a
version from Engraved for Harrison's Edition of Rapin
Published
London, 3 November 1784 . . . . .
. £25
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Stanislaus Late King of Poland.
Copper engraving, Issued in John Harris's 'Navigantium atque
Itinerantium Bibliotheca', or 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and
Travels'. Commissioned under King George II of England,
published
London, 1748. Size 160 x 100mm. undated Stanisław I
Leszczyński (1677
– 1766) was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth,
Duke of
Lorraine and a count of the Holy Roman Empire , arms below
portrait.
Numbered Vol. I p.852 on laid paper Engraved by Van der Gucht
£25 x 2
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Augustus II rex Pol Elect Saxon
Copper engraving, Issued in John Harris's 'Navigantium atque
Itinerantium Bibliotheca', or 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and
Travels'. Commissioned under King George II of England,
published London, 1748. Size 160 x 100mm. undated
Stanisław I Leszczyński (1677 – 1766) was King of the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Duke of Lorraine and a count of
the Holy Roman Empire , arms below portrait. Numbered Vol. I
p.858 on laid paper Engraved by Van der Gucht £25 x 2
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Charles VI the Present Emperor of Germany
Copper engraving, Issued in John Harris's 'Navigantium atque
Itinerantium Bibliotheca', or 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and
Travels'. Commissioned under King George II of England,
published
London, 1748. Size 160 x 100mm. undated Stanisław I
Leszczyński (1677
– 1766) was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth,
Duke of
Lorraine and a count of the Holy Roman Empire , arms below
portrait.
Numbered Vol. II p.51 on laid paper Engraved by Van der Gucht
£25
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Lewis the XIV Late King of France
Copper engraving, Issued in John Harris's 'Navigantium atque
Itinerantium Bibliotheca', or 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and
Travels'. Commissioned under King George II of England,
published
London, 1748. Size 160 x 100mm. undated Stanisław I
Leszczyński (1677
– 1766) was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth,
Duke of
Lorraine and a count of the Holy Roman Empire , arms below
portrait.
Numbered Vol. II p.51 on laid paper Engraved by Van der Gucht
£25
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Lewis the XV Present King of France
Copper engraving, Issued in John Harris's 'Navigantium atque
Itinerantium Bibliotheca', or 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and
Travels'. Commissioned under King George II of England,
published
London, 1748. Size 160 x 100mm. undated Stanisław I
Leszczyński (1677
– 1766) was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth,
Duke of
Lorraine and a count of the Holy Roman Empire , arms below
portrait.
Numbered Vol. II p.711 on laid paper Engraved by Van der Gucht
£25
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His Royal Highness the Duke of York
Drawn by Huet Villiers Miniature Painter to their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess of York. Stipple Engraving Published
in London Pub the Act Direct June 1795 by Colnaghi &
Co. 23 Cockspur St. Charing Cross Image 235 x 190 mm, Plate 252 x 208
mm £30
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Her Royal Highness Caroline Princess of Wales
Stipple Engraving Published in London Pub as
the Act Direct June 1795 by Colnaghi Image 235 x 190 mm, Plate
252 x 208 mm Info : Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (later Queen
Caroline; Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline; 1 March 1683 – 20
November 1737) was the queen consort of George II. Small blemishes
right margin £25
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His Royal Highness Frederick the Duke of York & Albany
/ Prince Bishop of Osnabruck
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827), English, "His
Royal Highness Frederick Duke of York & Albany, Prince Bishop of
Osnabruck, General and Commander in Chief of the Combined Armies of
Great Britain Austria & Prussia before Valenciennes which
surrendered to him 28 July 1793. Drawn by John Bogle (Scottish)
(1746-1804) , Engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti
(1765-1810) Stipple Engraving Published in London
Pub the Act Direct June 1793 by Colnaghi Image 235 x 190 mm,
Plate 252
x 208 mm £30
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An Original engraving of Cardinal
Wolsey dated to plate
1818 from ' Portraits Of Illustrious Personages Of Great Britain.
Engraved From Authentic Pictures, In The Galleries Of The Nobility,
And The Public Collections Of The Country. With Biographical And
Historical Memoirs Of Their Lives And Actions'... by Edmund LODGE,
[1756-1839].., published by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor
& Jones, and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Browne, after
William Hilton, and John Riley , London, 1819.(dated to plates feb
1818) Book . Plate Size 14 x 9 Ins, 36 x 23 Cms. / tall folio . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £25
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Mary,
Queen of Scots
An Original engraving of Mary,
Queen of Scots by
Jacobus Houbraken, after Isaac Oliver, .. dated to plate 1745. Size
13 3/8 X 8 7/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding
width of plate-mark or image.) Source : Originally from Vertues
work "The Heads of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain "
Published in London by Knapton from 1747-1756. All are signed in
plate: "J. Houbraken sculps. Amst.-Impensis J. & P. Knapton
Londini.", dates include 1738, 1738, 1740 and 1741 1747
Condition: Printed on early
eighteenth
century paper and with
margins cropped slightly on all sides. Signed and dated by Vertue
in the plate to the lower right. In very good condition throughout.
Artist: George Vertue (1683 - 1756) Nationality: British Media:
Engraving Biography: VERTUE, GEORGE (1684-1756), English engraver
and antiquary, was born in St Martins-in-the-Fields, London, in
1684. At the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to an heraldic
engraver, a Frenchman, who failed in three or four years. Vertue
then studied drawing at home, and afterwards worked for seven years
as an engraver under Michael Vandergucht. He was patronized by Sir
Godfrey Kneller, and was one of the first members of the Academy of
Painting which that artist instituted in 1711. His plate of
Archbishop Tillotson, after Kneller, commissioned by Lord Somers,
established his reputation as an engraver; and he was soon in
anexcellent practice, engraving portraits after Dahl, Richardson,
Jervas and Gibson. In portraiture alone he executed over five
hundred plates. In 1717 he was appointed engraver to the Society of
Antiquaries, and his bun. was employed upon many interesting
statues, tombs, portraits and other subjects of an antiquarian
nature. He died on the 24th of July 1756, and was buried in the
cloisters of Westminster Abbey.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . £25
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'John
of Gaunt' Duke of
Lancaster and Aquitaine King of Castille and Leon
An Original
engraving of 'John
of Gaunt' Duke of
Lancaster and Aquitaine King of Castille and Leon Published:
P.
Rapin de Thoyras [trans. N. Tindal], The History of England, 2nd
ed. [in folio], 2 vols. (London, 1732-3), added for subscribers; G.
Vertue, The Heads of the Kings of England Proper for Mr Rapin's
History, Translated by N. Tindal, M.A. (London, 1736)Egbert, first
monarch of England, Alfred the Great, Canute the Dane, William the
Conqueror, first of the Norman line, and all the succeeding kings
and sovereign queens, to the Revolution; with some of the most
illustrious princes of the royal family. Collected, drawn, and
engraven, with ornaments and decorations. To which are added, the
heads of Mr. Rapin and N. Tindal, M.A. and an account of the
several heads, of he antiquities that have been followed, and of
the pictures copied for engraving them. Also, twenty two plates of
the monuments of the kings of England, with their epitaphs, and
inscriptions, and a brief historical account of them. 18th Century
Copperplate engraving. Copper Plate.
OVERALL SIZE:
16x9 inches.IMAGE:
11x7
inches. 27x17 cms.Condition: Printed on early eighteenth
century paper and with
margins cropped slightly on all sides. Signed and dated by Vertue
in the plate to the lower right. In very good condition
throughout.Artist: George Vertue (1683 - 1756)
Nationality: British Media:
Engraving Biography: VERTUE, GEORGE (1684-1756), English engraver
and antiquary, was born in St Martins-in-the-Fields, London, in
1684. At the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to an heraldic
engraver, a Frenchman, who failed in three or four years. Vertue
then studied drawing at home, and afterwards worked for seven years
as an engraver under Michael Vandergucht. He was patronized by Sir
Godfrey Kneller, and was one of the first members of the Academy of
Painting which that artist instituted in 1711. His plate of
Archbishop Tillotson, after Kneller, commissioned by Lord Somers,
established his reputation as an engraver; and he was soon in
anexcellent practice, engraving portraits after Dahl, Richardson,
Jervas and Gibson. In portraiture alone he executed over five
hundred plates. In 1717 he was appointed engraver to the Society of
Antiquaries, and his signature. was employed upon many interesting
statues, tombs, portraits and other subjects of an antiquarian
nature. He died on the 24th of July 1756, and was buried in the
cloisters of Westminster Abbey.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
. £25
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JOHN
DUKE OF BEDFORD regent of
France
An Original
engraving of JOHN
DUKE OF BEDFORD regent of
France by George Vertue, after Unknown artist,
...from Vertues work "The
Heads of the
Kings of England Proper Published: P. Rapin de Thoyras
[trans. N. Tindal], The History of England, 2nd ed. [in
folio], 2 vols. (London, 1732-3), added for subscribers; G.
Vertue, The Heads of the Kings of England Proper for Mr
Rapin's History, Translated by N. Tindal, M.A. (London,
1736)Egbert, first monarch of England, Alfred the Great,
Canute the Dane, William the Conqueror, first of the Norman
line, and all the succeeding kings and sovereign queens, to
the Revolution; with some of the most illustrious princes of
the royal family. Collected, drawn, and engraven, with
ornaments and decorations. To which are added, the heads of
Mr. Rapin and N. Tindal, M.A. and an account of the several
heads, of he antiquities that have been followed, and of the
pictures copied for engraving them. Also, twenty two plates
of the monuments of the kings of England, with their
epitaphs, and inscriptions, and a brief historical account of
them. 18th Century Copperplate engraving. Copper Plate.OVERALL SIZE:
16x9 inches.IMAGE: 11x7
inches. 27x17 cms.Condition: Printed on early eighteenth
century paper and with
margins cropped slightly on all sides. Signed and dated by Vertue
in the plate to the lower right. In very good condition
throughout.Artist: George Vertue (1683 - 1756)
Nationality: British Media:
Engraving Biography: VERTUE, GEORGE (1684-1756), English engraver
and antiquary, was born in St Martins-in-the-Fields, London, in
1684. At the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to an heraldic
engraver, a Frenchman, who failed in three or four years. Vertue
then studied drawing at home, and afterwards worked for seven years
as an engraver under Michael Vandergucht. He was patronized by Sir
Godfrey Kneller, and was one of the first members of the Academy of
Painting which that artist instituted in 1711. His plate of
Archbishop Tillotson, after Kneller, commissioned by Lord Somers,
established his reputation as an engraver; and he was soon in
anexcellent practice, engraving portraits after Dahl, Richardson,
Jervas and Gibson. In portraiture alone he executed over five
hundred plates. In 1717 he was appointed engraver to the Society of
Antiquaries, and his signature. was employed upon many interesting
statues, tombs, portraits and other subjects of an antiquarian
nature. He died on the 24th of July 1756, and was buried in the
cloisters of Westminster Abbey.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
. £25.
Also a
version shown the opposite way without the drapery from
Engraved for Harrison's
Edition of Rapin Published London, 3 November 1784 . . . . Crease to
page edge light soiling due to age .
. £18
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EDWARD
II
An Original
engraving of 'EDWARD
II by George Vertue,
after Unknown artist, ...from Vertues work
"The Heads of the Kings of England Proper
Published: P.
Rapin de Thoyras [trans. N. Tindal], The History of England, 2nd
ed. [in folio], 2 vols. (London, 1732-3), added for subscribers; G.
Vertue, The Heads of the Kings of England Proper for Mr Rapin's
History, Translated by N. Tindal, M.A. (London, 1736)Egbert, first
monarch of England, Alfred the Great, Canute the Dane, William the
Conqueror, first of the Norman line, and all the succeeding kings
and sovereign queens, to the Revolution; with some of the most
illustrious princes of the royal family. Collected, drawn, and
engraven, with ornaments and decorations. To which are added, the
heads of Mr. Rapin and N. Tindal, M.A. and an account of the
several heads, of he antiquities that have been followed, and of
the pictures copied for engraving them. Also, twenty two plates of
the monuments of the kings of England, with their epitaphs, and
inscriptions, and a brief historical account of them. 18th Century
Copperplate engraving. Copper Plate.
OVERALL SIZE: 16x9
inches.IMAGE: 11x7
inches. 27x17 cms. Condition: Printed on early eighteenth
century paper and with
margins cropped slightly on all sides. Signed and dated by Vertue
in the plate to the lower right. In very good condition
throughout.
Artist: George Vertue (1683 -
1756)
Nationality: British Media:
Engraving Biography: VERTUE, GEORGE (1684-1756), English engraver
and antiquary, was born in St Martins-in-the-Fields, London, in
1684. At the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to an heraldic
engraver, a Frenchman, who failed in three or four years. Vertue
then studied drawing at home, and afterwards worked for seven years
as an engraver under Michael Vandergucht. He was patronized by Sir
Godfrey Kneller, and was one of the first members of the Academy of
Painting which that artist instituted in 1711. His plate of
Archbishop Tillotson, after Kneller, commissioned by Lord Somers,
established his reputation as an engraver; and he was soon in
anexcellent practice, engraving portraits after Dahl, Richardson,
Jervas and Gibson. In portraiture alone he executed over five
hundred plates. In 1717 he was appointed engraver to the Society of
Antiquaries, and his signature. was employed upon many interesting
statues, tombs, portraits and other subjects of an antiquarian
nature. He died on the 24th of July 1756, and was buried in the
cloisters of Westminster Abbey.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. £25 x 2
Also a
version labelled as from the Tomb @ Glocester from Engraved for
Harrison's Edition of Rapin Published London, 3 November 1784 . . . . .
. £25
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ELIZABETH 1
An Original engraving of 'ELISABETH 1
by George Vertue, after Van
Dyke, ...from Vertues work "The
Heads of the
Kings of England Proper Published: P. Rapin de Thoyras [trans. N.
Tindal], The History of England, 2nd ed. [in folio], 2 vols.
(London, 1732-3), added for subscribers; G. Vertue, The Heads of
the Kings of England Proper for Mr Rapin's History, Translated by
N. Tindal, M.A. (London, 1736)Egbert, first monarch of England,
Alfred the Great, Canute the Dane, William the Conqueror, first of
the Norman line, and all the succeeding kings and sovereign queens,
to the Revolution; with some of the most illustrious princes of the
royal family. Collected, drawn, and engraven, with ornaments and
decorations. To which are added, the heads of Mr. Rapin and N.
Tindal, M.A. and an account of the several heads, of he antiquities
that have been followed, and of the pictures copied for engraving
them. Also, twenty two plates of the monuments of the kings of
England, with their epitaphs, and inscriptions, and a brief
historical account of them. 18th Century Copperplate engraving.
Copper Plate.
OVERALL SIZE: 16x9
inches.IMAGE: 11x7
inches. 27x17 cms.
Condition: Printed on early
eighteenth
century paper and with
margins cropped slightly on all sides. Signed and dated by Vertue
in the plate to the lower right. In very good condition
throughout.
Artist: George Vertue (1683 -
1756)
Nationality: British Media:
Engraving Biography: VERTUE, GEORGE (1684-1756), English engraver
and antiquary, was born in St Martins-in-the-Fields, London, in
1684. At the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to an heraldic
engraver, a Frenchman, who failed in three or four years. Vertue
then studied drawing at home, and afterwards worked for seven years
as an engraver under Michael Vandergucht. He was patronized by Sir
Godfrey Kneller, and was one of the first members of the Academy of
Painting which that artist instituted in 1711. His plate of
Archbishop Tillotson, after Kneller, commissioned by Lord Somers,
established his reputation as an engraver; and he was soon in
anexcellent practice, engraving portraits after Dahl, Richardson,
Jervas and Gibson. In portraiture alone he executed over five
hundred plates. In 1717 he was appointed engraver to the Society of
Antiquaries, and his signature. was employed upon many interesting
statues, tombs, portraits and other subjects of an antiquarian
nature. He died on the 24th of July 1756, and was buried in the
cloisters of Westminster Abbey.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
. £25 x 2
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ELIZABETH 1
Originally an Illustration to Rapin and TindaPs " History of England,"
1732, fol. This is an exact copy from the above, reversed; same size.
By J, Hulett
by Isaac Oliver (c. 1565 – bur. October 2, 1617) was a
French-born English portrait miniature painter ( a
limner) 2
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Mary
1
An Original
engraving of Mary
1 by George Vertue,
after anon ...from Vertues work "The
Heads
of the Kings of England Proper Published: P. Rapin de Thoyras
[trans. N. Tindal], The History of England, 2nd ed. [in folio], 2
vols. (London, 1732-3), added for subscribers; G. Vertue, The Heads
of the Kings of England Proper for Mr Rapin's History, Translated
by N. Tindal, M.A. (London, 1736)Egbert, first monarch of England,
Alfred the Great, Canute the Dane, William the Conqueror, first of
the Norman line, and all the succeeding kings and sovereign queens,
to the Revolution; with some of the most illustrious princes of the
royal family. Collected, drawn, and engraven, with ornaments and
decorations. To which are added, the heads of Mr. Rapin and N.
Tindal, M.A. and an account of the several heads, of he antiquities
that have been followed, and of the pictures copied for engraving
them. Also, twenty two plates of the monuments of the kings of
England, with their epitaphs, and inscriptions, and a brief
historical account of them. 18th Century Copperplate engraving.
OVERALL SIZE:
16x9 inches.IMAGE:
11x7
inches. 27x17 cms. Condition: Printed on early eighteenth
century paper and with
margins cropped slightly on all sides. Signed and dated by Vertue
in the plate to the lower right. In very good condition
throughout.Artist: George Vertue (1683 - 1756)
Nationality: British Media:
Engraving Biography: VERTUE, GEORGE (1684-1756), English engraver
and antiquary, was born in St Martins-in-the-Fields, London, in
1684. At the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to an heraldic
engraver, a Frenchman, who failed in three or four years. Vertue
then studied drawing at home, and afterwards worked for seven years
as an engraver under Michael Vandergucht. He was patronized by Sir
Godfrey Kneller, and was one of the first members of the Academy of
Painting which that artist instituted in 1711. His plate of
Archbishop Tillotson, after Kneller, commissioned by Lord Somers,
established his reputation as an engraver; and he was soon in
anexcellent practice, engraving portraits after Dahl, Richardson,
Jervas and Gibson. In portraiture alone he executed over five
hundred plates. In 1717 he was appointed engraver to the Society of
Antiquaries, and his signature. was employed upon many interesting
statues, tombs, portraits and other subjects of an antiquarian
nature. He died on the 24th of July 1756, and was buried in the
cloisters of Westminster Abbey.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
. £25 x 2
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