| Method | Copper engraving and stipple |
| Artist | George Vertue |
| Published | London: Printed for John and Paul Knapton 1745 |
| Dimensions | Image 160 x 91 mm, Plate 173 x 105 mm |
| Notes |
O' Donoghue 11 Condition: tipped to album page King Edward V (1470-1483), Reigned 1483 Rev Nicholas Tindal: (1687 - 27 June 1774), was the translator and continuer of the History of England by Paul de Rapin. Very few comprehensive histories existed at the time and Tindal wrote a three volume 'Continuation', a history of the Kingdom from the reigns of James II to George II. George Vertue (1684-1756) was an antiquary and engraver. Vertue had a deep interest in antiquarian research, and much of his work was devoted to this subject. From 1713 onwards, Vertue dedicated his research on details of the history of British art, resultings in extensive notebooks now in the Britsh Library. The contents of which were the basis of Horace Walpole's 1762 Anecdotes of Painting. There are approximately five hundred portraits are attributed to Vertue, an equivalent number of published plates were devoted to antiquarian subjects. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £20.00 |
| Stock ID | 15637 |