Antique portraiture engravings from 17th century onwards
Lot 130983: Engraving of Nicholas Culpepper by Thomas Cross 1655
This engraved portrait of Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654), an English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer was engraved by Thomas Cross in 1655.
Nicholas Culpeper, famous for writing The English Physitian (later known as The Complete Herbal) in 1652–1653, which made medical and herbal knowledge accessible to the general public in English rather than Latin.
Size: 8.5cm x 13cm
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