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Engraver, Dutch, 1698-1780
Anthony van Dyck , Flemish, 1599-1641
Title
Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick
Date1747
MediumEtching
Dimensions
Plate: 37.5 x 24 cm
Sheet: 50.3 x 33.3 cm
Credit LinePresented, Brian Lalor Print Collection, 2014
Object numberNGI.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.
Inscription(in decorative frame, in plate): ROBERT RICH EARL OF WARWICK AMDL. 1642
lower left (in plate): VanDyck pinxit
lower centre (in plate): In the Collection of the Right Hon: the Lord High Chancellor. Impensis J&P Knapton Londini, 1747
lower right (in plate): J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1747