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King Charles II
An Original engraving of King Charles 2nd 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, 3rd ed. [in folio], 2
vols. (London, 1736-7), 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 dated in plate 1736 new engravings that differ from the
two earlier editions
Mr. Wilkinson, as Simkin.
tipple Print, b/w, 16 x 9 cm.Published] Simpkin & Marshall,
Stationers Ct. & Chapple Pall [Mall] [1820] 1820 Drawn by
Thomas Charles Wageman (Painter); and engraved by Thomas Wright
£15
John Dryden (1631-1700),
Poet Laureate, probably after the painting by after Kneller small
copper engraving from the London magazine dated 1752 £15 unmounted
Admiral Lord Edward Hawke 1705-1781
Stipple engraving drawn by George Knapton, engraved by Simon Francois
Ravenet,Size 108mm x 106mm but later edition minus
signatures £15
Lady Mary Sidney (née Dudley) (born between 1530 and 1535-1586),
Drawn by Francesco Bartolozzi, R.A. Stipple engraving by E.
Harding, 1799. 1799. 1 April 1799. Edwd. Harding,. London (98 Pall
Mall) £20 trimmed in page
Sir Thomas More
The great humanist scholar and author of Utopia, More became Henry
VIII's Lord Chancellor in 1529. He opposed the King's divorce from
Catherine of Aragon, however, and refused to take the Oath of
Supremacy, which acknowledged Henry as head of the Church of England.
He was executed for treason in 1535, and canonised in 1935.
engraving by Thomas Holloway (English, 1748-1827),NOPT from the Holbein
drawings this show a much older version of the ma trimmed plate with 1
cm + margins some old minor creasing to the margins. . . labelled
to the back false portrait so may be a representation rather than from
life £20
Arthur Lionel Smith
Signed proof etching by Francis Dodd pencil signature to base
right printed 1915, said to be from a limited edition marked '1 of 6'
in pencil by the artist lower left. 230 x 310mm, 9 x 12¼".
Arthur Lionel Smith (1850 - 1924) was a British historian at the
University of Oxford.He studied at Balliol College, Oxford from
1869–74, where he became, Fellow in 1882, Dean in 1907, and was
Master 1916–1924. Smith was important in developing history
teaching.He was a close friend of the pomologist Ronald Hatton. In
1879, Smith married Mary Smith, with whom he had nine children They
first lived at 7 Crick Road in North Oxford until 1893. A.L.S.'
scratched in plate upper left.
Francis Dodd (1874 - 1935) made two plates portraying Arthur Lionel
Smith in 1915, this was the second. This is a reversed design
from the oil painting of Arthur Smith which Dodd completed in 1913, or
a preparatory study for the painting. The painting was presented by
subscribers to Balliol College, Oxford, in 1914; Balliol also holds a
probable study for the head in coloured chalks Dodd was born in
Glasgow and received his training at the Glasgow School of Art. After
moving to London he became one of the leading portrait artists of his
time. He was an official war artist in the 1914-1918 war, and made many
fine etchings. Framed £95 inc delivery. . . this is due to a mark
to right edge if time will get cleaned >>this price is for as
is
King James II
An Original engraving of King James II 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, 3rd ed. [in folio], 2
vols. (London, 1736-7), 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 dated in plate 1736 new engravings that differ from the
two earlier editions
King Edward 1
An Original engraving of King Edward 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, 3rd ed. [in folio], 2
vols. (London, 1736-7), 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 . . . . .dated in plate 1736 new engravings that differ from
the
two earlier editions
This is a version from Engraved
for Harrison's Edition of Rapin Published
London, 3 November 1784 . in an oval cartouche without the extras . . .
. £25 . . . . .
King Henry VII
An Original engraving of King Henry VII 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, 3rd ed. [in folio], 2
vols. (London, 1736-7), 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 dated in plate 1736 new engravings that differ from the
two earlier editions
.This is a version from Engraved
for Harrison's Edition of Rapin Published
London, 3 November 1784 . in an oval cartouche without the extras . . .
. £25 . . . . .
.
King
Charles II
An Original engraving of King
Charles II by George Vertue, after anon ...from
Vertues work "The Heads of the Kings of England ProperPublished:
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
King
William III
An Original engraving of King
William III by George Vertue, after anon ...from
Vertues work "The Heads of the
Kings of England ProperPublished: 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
Queen
Mary
An Original engraving ofQueen
Maryby George Vertue, after
anon ...from Vertues work "The
Heads of the Kings of England ProperPublished: 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. .
This is
a version from Engraved for Harrison's Edition of
Rapin Published
London, 3 November 1784 . labelled as Princess of Wales very slight
alteration to hair line. . . .
. £25 . . . . .
King Charles 1
An Original engraving of
King Charles 1 by George Vertue, after anon ...from
Vertues work "The Heads of the
Kings of England ProperPublished: 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 cmsCondition: 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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . £15 as creased . .
by
the printer in 1732 !
Thomas
Sackvill, Earl of Dorset;
An Original engraving of Thomas
Sackvill, Earl of Dorset; 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
Algernon
Piercy, Earl of Northumberland;
An Original engraving of Algernon
Piercy, Earl of Northumberland; 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: EngravingBiography: 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.. . . . . . . . .
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Charles
Earl of Sunderland
An Original engraving of Charles
Earl of Sunderland 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.. . . . . . . . .
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