Rococo Portrait Prints

An original copperplate engraving on laid paper by English artist John Goldar (1729-1795) titled "Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk", 1784. Comes from the "History of England" portfolio. Printed and published by Harrison & Co for Paul Rapin de Thoyras in London, UK. Recently framed in gold moulding and silk cotton mats from Holland. All archival. Framed size: 20.25" x 15.25". Platemark size: 12.25" x 8". Image size (with border): 8" x 6.75". Some faint foxing associated with age. In otherwise very good condition. Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk KG PC (1473 – 25 August 1554), was a prominent English politician and nobleman of the Tudor era. He was an uncle of two of the wives of King Henry VIII, namely Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, both of whom were beheaded, and played a major role in the machinations affecting these royal marriages. After falling from favour in 1546, he was stripped of his dukedom and imprisoned in the Tower of London, avoiding execution when Henry VIII died on 28 January 1547. He was released on the accession of the Roman Catholic queen, Mary I, whom he aided in securing her throne, thus setting the stage for tensions between his Catholic family and the Protestant royal line that would be continued by Mary I's half-sister, Elizabeth I. John Goldar, born at Oxford in 1729, resided in Charlotte Street, Blackfriars Road, Southwark. He made a couple of forays into print publishing on his own account (of John Dixon after William Lawrenson, and much later of naval prints...

An original copper plate engraving by English artist John Goldar (1729-1795) titled "James II. King of England", published August 25, 1787. An incredible amount of work goes into the plate to execute this reverse image once the paper is pressed against the plate. Some minor foxing about the image; see pictures. This is museum mounted in silk cotton matt from Holland and shrink wrapped (some glare in pictures); this work is frame ready. Perfect for any anglophile or Royal history buffs. Image size: 7.5" x 6". Matted size: 18.5" 14.75". Born at Oxford in 1729, Goldar resided in Charlotte Street, Blackfriars Road, Southwark. He made a couple of forays into print publishing on his own account (of John Dixon after William Lawrenson, and much later of naval prints...