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Edward
V
An Original engraving of Edward
V 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.
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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King
Edward III .
An Original engraving of King
Edward III . 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. Copper Plate.
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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King
Henry IV
An Original engraving of King
Henry IV. 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.
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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King
Henry V
An Original engraving of King
Henry V. 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.
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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