Engraver: 
Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch, 1698-1780
 
After Anthony van Dyck, Flemish, 1599-1641
Title: Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick
Date: 1747
Medium: Etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 50.3 x 33.3 cm
Plate: 37.5 x 24 cm
Credit Line: Presented, Brian Lalor Print Collection, 2014
Object Number: NGI.2014.133
DescriptionThis print was published as part of Thomas Birch’s book, The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain. Each ‘head’ was depicted as a bust in an oval frame with symbols alluding to their accomplishments. The inscription and the anchor and rope make reference to Warwick’s appointment as Lord High Admiral in 1642. Other illustrious heads in the series include Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry VIII, and Sir Walter Raleigh.
InscriptionDecorative frame: ROBERT RICH EARL OF WARWICK AMDL. 1642. [in plate] Lower left: VanDyck pinxit [in plate] Lower centre: In the Collection of the Right Hon: the Lord High Chancellor. Impensis J&P Knapton Londini, 1747. [in plate] Lower right: J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1747. [in plate]

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