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John Henry Nash collection of engraved portraits by Vertue and by Houbraken [graphic].
BANC PIC 19xx.534:f138--ffALBLOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

John Henry Nash collection of engraved portraits by Vertue and by Houbraken

Creator/Contributor:

Vertue, George, 1684-1756

Creator/Contributor:

Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780

Creator/Contributor:

John and Paul Knapton (Firm)

Abstract:

Chiefly portraits of British nobility of the seventeenth century, with some earlier figures depicted. Several queens, princes, bishops, and generals are included and some Holbein portraits from the Tudor era.

Date:

1735-1749 (issued)

Subject:

Nobility -- Great Britain -- Portraits

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Many printed by J. & P. Knapton, London, with various dates.
Additional portraits by George Vertue from the Nash collection have been cataloged separately (BANC PIC 19xx.517 and 19xx.534:f137--ffALB).

Type:

graphic
Engravings.
Portraits.

Physical Description:

graphic
print
1 portfolio (53 prints) : engraving, b&w ; portfolio 41 x 25 cm.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC PIC 19xx.534:f138--ffALBLOCAL

Origin:

England