An Original engraving of Daniel
Earl of
Nottingham 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 Laurence
Hyde Earl of
Rochester 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 Matthew
Parker dated to plate
1745 artwork by Houbraken.. 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
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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Condition as per pic other pics can be done if wished .. . . . . . £25
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An Original engraving of Sir
Francis Walsingham dated to
plate 1745 artwork by Houbraken.. 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
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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Condition as per pic Close Cut other pics can be
done if
wished .. . . . . . £25
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An Original engraving of John
Thurlow Secretary to Oliver
Cromwell dated to plate 1745 artwork by Houbraken.. 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
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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Condition as per pic marked as in pic other pics can be done if
wished .. . . . . . £20 sorry for bad pic
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