Antique prints with no reserve
Lot 7420:
Houbraken - 3 engravings of Illustrious Persons 1747
Houbraken
These engravings are from The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain by Thomas Birch. Printed by John Knapton 1747, London.
The engravings were either by Jacobus Houbraken and George Vertue after Holbein, Kneller, Van Dyck et al.
These copper-engraved plates are by Houbraken and are accompanied by a short history and biography of the figure.
This lot comprises engravings of John Fisher (Bishop of Rochester), General Thomas Tolmach and Sir Francis Bacon
The Dutch engraver Jacobus Houbraken was one of the most accomplished portrait engravers of the eighteenth century.
Under the framed portrait of each individual, Houbraken also engraved both the delightful vignettes and objects describing the importance of each person.
Size: 10in x 16in (25cm x 41cm)
Condition: Excellent – please review the images carefully
Excellent - please review the images carefully
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