An Original engraving of Sir Philip Sidney 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, aftname="submit"er 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

 

 

An Original stipple engraving of Henri Thychele Fundator. . . drawn by John taylor in 1771 from a window in All Souls College engraved by F. Bartolozzi 1771. . . . . . . . . . . . Condition as per pic other pics can be done if wished .. . . . . . £30

 

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

 

An Original engraving of James Hamilton , Earl of Arran , Duke of Chatelberault 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

 

An Original engraving of James Stuart, Duke of Richmond 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Condition as per pic other pics can be done if wished .. . . . . .£25