Hand of Glory has dated this piece to the 17th Century.
Comprising:
'DANIEL KENRICUS MEDICUS' by engraved by R.
Ivor',
visible plate size 20cm x 15cm, framed size 25cm x 19cm.
'SHAKESPEARE' engraved by Georg Vertue, for the frontispiece of Alexander Pope's Collected Works of Shakespeare of 1725, after the original portrait miniature of Shakespeare in Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford's collection. The plate titled 'SHAKESPEARE, ob. an. 1616. Aetat. 53'
visit plate size 20cm x 15cm, framed size 25cm x 19cm.
'Sr. Thomas Browne, Kt. M.D.' engraved by M.V. dr Guchs, late 17th/early 18th century.
Visible plate size 17.25cm x 14cm, framed size 22cm x 18cm.
Sir Francis Bacon, late 17th/early 18th century, titled:
'Hono Francifeus Bacon. Baro de Verulam Vice County St. Albani, mortis 9 Aprilis A. 1626. Anno Etatis fuae 66.
Visible plate size 17.25cm x 14cm, framed size 22cm x 18cm.
All have visible plate marks and do not appear to have been cut down although not inspected out of the frames. Shakespeare and Sr. Thomas Browne have some fading/discolouration to the paper, Francis Bacon has a visible vertical crease to the paper.
Hand of Glory has dated this piece to the 17th Century.
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Four 17th & 18th Century Engravings - Daniel Kenricus, Shakespeare, Sr. Thomas Browne & Sir Francis Bacon
