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Description: We estimate this to be an earlier edition print by Riepenhausen, c. 1820.
Artists and Engravers: The engraver is Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen (1765-1840) after William Hogarth (1697-1764). The German engraver Riepenhausen was well respected for his engravings after Hogarth, often preferred to those by Hogarth himself.
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Subject: Simon Lord Lovat.' Portrait, sitting, of the Scottish aristocrat, nicknamed 'The Fox', Chief of Clan Fraser, and 11th Lord Lovat, discovered after the lost Battle of Culloden April 16, 1746, in a hollow trunk on an island in Loch Morar and brought to St. Albans. Sentenced to death for high treason (Jacobite rebellion of 1745) he ticks off his chances on his fingers ten days before his death April 9, 1747.
Condition: Fine. General age related toning and occasional light staining and folding. Carefully study our detailed scan.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 22.5 x 29 cm. The image size is ca. 14 x 22 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 8.9 x 11.4 inch. The image size is ca. 5.5 x 8.7 inch.
Medium: Copperplate engraving and etching on a thick vellin type paper.
Location: A42-22
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