AMY ROBSART

Original 1841 7 5/8 inch x 5 1/2 inch Engraving titled AMY ROBSART

Amy Dudley (née Robsart) (1532 – 1560) was the first wife of Lord Robert Dudley, favourite of Elizabeth I of England.

Engraved by William Henry Mote (1803 – 1871). He was an English stipple and line engraver, primarily known for his portraits. He produced etchings for reference books, as well as original etchings. Mote became a member of the Royal Academy in his twenties and his portraits hang in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

From a picture by John Hayter (1800 – 1895). John Hayter RA was an English portrait painter who was Painter-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria, whom he first painted when she was 12 years old.

From “The Waverley Gallery of Principal Female Characters in Sir Walter Scott’s Romances”

The engraving is in good condition with slight foxing spots. Reverse side blank.