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Description: Beautiful rare original engraving from: "Portraits of Illustrious Personages of the Court of Henry VIII. Engraved in Imitation of the Original Drawings of Hans Holbein, in the Collection of his Majesty.", with Biographical and Historical memoirs by Edmund Lodge, Esq. F.S.A. ...., published by John Chamberlaine, F.S.A. ...., London, England, 1828 edition. (Reference: Hardie p. 64. Hiler & Hiler 442; Lipperheide 984 (for 1st ed.); Lowndes 405.) This and the 1812 edition are actually smaller versions of the 1791-93 edition, which was mostly engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815). We carry more engravings from this series. Inquire.
Artists and Engravers: Portraits in this series are engraved by Bartolozzi, Cooper, Cheesman, Facius, et.al. This portrait was engraved by Samuel Freeman (1773-1857) after Hans Holbein and the very similar larger edition of 1792-1800, engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi.
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Subject: Portrait of Lord J. Russell, Privy seal with one eye, who belonged to the court of Henry VIII in England.
Condition: Fine; Picture only shows the plates the actual paper is much larger (see size).
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 23.5 x 32.4 cm. The image size is ca. 13.4 x 21.7 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 9.3 x 12.8 inch. The image size is ca. 5.3 x 8.5 inch.
Medium: Stipple engraving on vellin type paper. The colouring is done on the copper plate (a la poupée), so the colours are actually printed. This is done in a very delicate manner. The result is of rarely equaled quality! The colour paper chosen mimics the paper used by Holbein on the original drawings.
Location: A37-27
SKU: TPC 07766.1
Section: HOLBEIN-1828
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