Melnick House

Antique Maps and Prints: Printed Ephemera

(est. 1972)

Queen Catherine Parr MINIATURE Portrait c1850 Antique hand col.

MINIATURE PORTRAIT

Queen Catharine Par

This is an original antique engraving c1850, miniature portrait, artistically hand coloured.

The Art of the miniature watercolourist. The ancient art of the colourist dates to medieval times, beginning with illuminators and heraldic art. Before the days of colour printing, engravings would be taken to the colourists studio to be artistically hand coloured. From the mid-19th century this art began to disappear. These days only a few trained artists specialise in this highly skilled technique. The result is a miniature which combines the best of Victorian engraving with the art of a portrait artist making each one a

UNIQUE ITEM

Condition: museum quality, no tears, or stains.

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE

GUARANTEED TO BE A GENUINE ANTIQUE

HAND COLOURED ENGRAVING

OVER 100 YEARS OLD 

Size - approx. 8.5 x 6 inches (21 x 15 cm)

Date – c1850

Verso - plain back.  

Catherine Parr (Catharine, Katherine, Par  1512 – 5 September 1548) was Queen of England and Ireland as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 12 July 1543 until Henry's death on 28 January 1547. Catherine was the final queen consort of the House of Tudor, and outlived Henry by a year and eight months. With four husbands, she is the most-married English queen. She was the first woman to publish an original work under her own name in English. Following the king's death, she assumed the role of guardian to her stepdaughter, Elizabeth.

Antique prints, maps, engravings, lithographs, etchings, adverts, are all fragments of history, many remaining in excellent condition after 100 or more years. These are genuine Antique or Vintage items which we individually scan and describe.

Scans – Engravings are formed of fine lines and may show a colour cast or wavy lines on black and white images and possible rainbow casts on colour. The watermark is, of course, not on the original.

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