People
A miscellany of early engravings of people from the 16th-19th century.
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Richard Baxter
Steel engraved scrap pasted on to green backing, Puritan church leader
Date: c1830
Picture size: 4.5" x 6.25"
Mount: 8" x 10"", Cream
Mr J Reeve as Sylvester Daggerwood
Copper engraving
Date: c1800
Picture size: 3.25" x 5.5"
Mount: 8" x 10", Dark blue
Mr Collins in Master Slender
Copper engraving, slight loss to surface of paper at title.
Date: c1800
Picture size: 3.25" x 4.75"
Mount: 8" x 10", Dark blue
Mr Incledon as Steady
Copper engraving
Date: c1800
Picture size: 3.25" x 5.25"
Mount: 8" x 10", Dark blue
Captain Thomas James
Welsh sea captain and explorer. Early steel engraving
Date: c1820
Picture size: 4.25" x 5.75"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
Rev John Baxter
Aquatint of the Minister at Haddington.
Date: c1800
Picture size: 3.5" x 4.75"
Mount: 8" x 10",Grey speckle
Queen Catherine II of Russia
From a print by Caroline Watson after a picture by Rosselin. Steel engraving
Date: c1830
Picture size: 4.5" x 6.75"
Mount: 8" x 10", Deep purple
Archibald Campbell
Marquis of Argyle. After the original at Inverary. Steel engraving by S Freeman
Date: c1800
Picture size: 4.5" x 6.75"
Mount: 8" x 10", Mid blue
The Hon Mrs Barrington
Steel engraving by Thomson from a miniature by Mrs Robertson. A little foxing
Date: 1829
Picture size: 4.5" x 7.5"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
George Buchanan
Steel engraving by H Meyer from a painting by F Pourbus. A little foxing
Date: 1827
Picture size: 4.25" x 6"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
George Buchanan
Steel engraving by J B Bird from a painting by F Pourbus.
Date: c1830
Picture size: 4.25" x 7.25"
Mount: 8" x 10", Crimson
George Buchanan
Steel engraving by S Freeman from the original in the University of Edinburgh. A little foxing
Date: c1830
Picture size: 4.25" x 6.25"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
Queen Elizabeth I
Steel engraving by W T Fry from the original of Zucchero in the Marquis of Salisbury's collection.
Date: c1840
Picture size: 3.5" x 6.25"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
Sir William Maitland
of Lethington, Scottish politician. Steel engraving by W Finden.
Date: c1840
Picture size: 3.75" x 6.5"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
William Cecil
Lord Burghley. Steel engraving by H T Ryall from the original of Mark Gerard. Small water stain.
Date: c1840
Picture size: 3.5" x 6.25"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
Sir Thomas Gresham
A stateman, he was the founder of the Royal Exchange. Steel engraving by H Robinson from the original of Holbein. Small water stain.
Date: c1840
Picture size: 3.75" x 6.25"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
George Digby
Earl of Bristol. Steel engraving by H T Ryall from the original of Vandyke. Some foxing, not affecting portrait.
Date: c1840
Picture size: 3.5" x 6.25"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
Erasmus
Steel engraving by H Robinson. A little foxing.
Date: c1835
Picture size: 4.5" x 5.5"
Mount: 8" x 10", Crimson
Lady Harriet Achland
Copper engraving by J Chapman. Some foxing
Date: 1796
Picture size: 4" x 6.25"
Mount: 8" x 10", Crimson
Sir Anthony Weldon
Courtier, 1583-1648. Copper engraving.
Date: 1779
Picture size: 4.5" x 7.25"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
Charles Churchill
Copper engraving
Date: c1780
Picture size: 3.5" x 4.75"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
Archibald Campbell
Marquis of Argyle. After the original at Inverary. Copper engraving by Benoist
Date: c1780
Picture size: 3.75" x 3.75"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
Francis, Lord Cottington
Earl of Bristol. Steel engraving by J Cochran from the original of Van somer. Some foxing, not affecting portrait.
Date: c1830
Picture size: 3.75" x 6.5"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
Gilbert Burnet, D.D
Lord Bishop of Salisbury. Copper engraving by W Coutts, a little foxing
Date: 1821
Picture size: 3.25" x 5.5"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
Thomas Case
Steel engraving by R Cooper. "From a print prefixed to the Farewell Sermons of the Ejected Ministers"
Date: c1830
Picture size: 4" x 5.5"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
Isaac Barrow
Copper engraving by M Vander Gucht.
Date: c1700
Picture size: 3.75" x 6"
Mount: 8" x 10", Cream
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Picture size is approximate, though overall mount size is pretty accurate.
Any noticeable marks or creases are noted in the description.