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An Original engraving ofRobert
Devreaux Earl of
Essex dated to plate 1747 artwork by Houbraken. Oldish
colour.
Engraver Houbraken . 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 Sale as most of the shop stock is untinted so sticks out like
the proverbial sore thumb 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. From
the year 1713 Vertue had been indefatigable in his researches on
all matters connected with the history of British art, and had
accumulated about forty volumes of memoranda on the subject. These
were purchased by Horace Walpole, and form the basis of that
authors Anecdotes of Painting in England, including an account of
Vertues life and a catalogue of his eqgravings. Vertues own
literary works include On Holbein and (,erards Pictures (1740);
Medals, Coins, Great Seals, Impressions,Jro~n the Elaborate Works
of Thomas Simon (1753); Catalogue and Description of King Char/-es
the Firsts Capital Collection of Pictures, Limnings, Statues,
&c. (1757); Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures belonging
to King James II., to which is added a Catalogue of Pictures and
Drawings in the Closet of Queen Caroline (1758); Catalogue of the
Curious Collection of Pictures of George Villiers, Duke of
Buckingham (1758); Description of the Works of that Ingenious
Delineator and Engraver, W. Hollar (1745). . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . Condition as per pic other pics can be done if wished .. . .
. . . £25 STATE PREFERENCE coloured only sorry
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An Original engraving of Elizabeth
1 st dated to
plate 1747 artwork by Houbraken. Oldish colour. Engraver Houbraken
. 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 Sale as
most of the shop stock is untinted so sticks out like the
proverbial sore thumb 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. From
the year 1713 Vertue had been indefatigable in his researches on
all matters connected with the history of British art, and had
accumulated about forty volumes of memoranda on the subject. These
were purchased by Horace Walpole, and form the basis of that
authors Anecdotes of Painting in England, including an account of
Vertues life and a catalogue of his eqgravings. Vertues own
literary works include On Holbein and (,erards Pictures (1740);
Medals, Coins, Great Seals, Impressions,Jro~n the Elaborate Works
of Thomas Simon (1753); Catalogue and Description of King Char/-es
the Firsts Capital Collection of Pictures, Limnings, Statues,
&c. (1757); Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures belonging
to King James II., to which is added a Catalogue of Pictures and
Drawings in the Closet of Queen Caroline (1758); Catalogue of the
Curious Collection of Pictures of George Villiers, Duke of
Buckingham (1758); Description of the Works of that Ingenious
Delineator and Engraver, W. Hollar (1745). . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . Condition as per pic other pics can be done if wished .. . .
. . . £25
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An Original engraving of Robert
Earl of Lindsey
dated to plate 1747 artwork by Houbraken. Oldish colour. Engraver
Houbraken . 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
Sale as most of the shop stock is untinted so sticks out like the
proverbial sore thumb 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. From
the year 1713 Vertue had been indefatigable in his researches on
all matters connected with the history of British art, and had
accumulated about forty volumes of memoranda on the subject. These
were purchased by Horace Walpole, and form the basis of that
authors Anecdotes of Painting in England, including an account of
Vertues life and a catalogue of his eqgravings. Vertues own
literary works include On Holbein and (,erards Pictures (1740);
Medals, Coins, Great Seals, Impressions,Jro~n the Elaborate Works
of Thomas Simon (1753); Catalogue and Description of King Char/-es
the Firsts Capital Collection of Pictures, Limnings, Statues,
&c. (1757); Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures belonging
to King James II., to which is added a Catalogue of Pictures and
Drawings in the Closet of Queen Caroline (1758); Catalogue of the
Curious Collection of Pictures of George Villiers, Duke of
Buckingham (1758); Description of the Works of that Ingenious
Delineator and Engraver, W. Hollar (1745). . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . Condition as per pic other pics can be done if wished .. . .
. . . £25
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Charlotte Countess of Derby
Stipple engraving by Harding from an original picture at
Knowsley Published June 1st 1801 by Edward Harding , Pall Mall, London.
page size 23 x 30 cm Edward Harding [1755 - 1840] is the publisher.
Produced at 98, Pall Mall, London 1st May 1799 IMAGE size 145 x
120 mm. £45 inc delivery
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Thomas Shaw DD ( Doctor of Divinity)
Stipple engraving by Harding from an
original picture at Knowsley Published June 1st 1801 by Edward Harding
, Pall Mall, London. page size 23 x 30 cm Edward Harding [1755 - 1840]
is the publisher. Produced at 98, Pall Mall, London 1st May 1799
IMAGE size 145 x 120 mm. £45 inc delivery
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Sir Edward Osbadiston
Stipple engraving by Harding from an
original picture at Knowsley Published June 1st 1801 by Edward Harding
, Pall Mall, London. page size 23 x 30 cm Edward Harding [1755 - 1840]
is the publisher. Produced at 98, Pall Mall, London 1st May 1799
IMAGE size 145 x 120 mm. £45 inc delivery
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Edward 2nd Marquis of Worcester & Earl of Glamorgan
Engraving with Stipple engraving by Harding from an
original picture in the Collection of his grace the Duke of Beaufort.
Published 1800 by Cadell & Davies , The Strand London.
page size 25 x 33 cm £45 inc delivery
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Christian Countess of Devonshire
Engraving
with Stipple Drawn by Harding engraving by Scheneker from
an
original picture
Published 1792 by Cadell , The Strand London.
page size 25 x 33 cm £45 inc delivery
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Henry martin
Engraving
with Stipple engraving by Harding from an
original picture in the Collection of Charles Lewis esq.
Published 1800 by Cadell & Davies , The Strand London.
page size
25 x 33 cm £45 inc delivery
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The Honourable Mary Bellenden afterwards Mrs Campbell
Engraving
with Stipple engraving by Heath from an
original picture Published 1798 by Robinson, London. (
Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row,1798) page
size 23 x 30 cm £45 inc delivery
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