Original 1799 12 3/8 inch x 10 1/8 inch etching and engraving
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Etchings, Engravings and Lithographs
BISHOPS BEFORE THE PRIVY COUNCIL
£99.50
Original 1799 12 3/8 inch x 10 1/8 inch etching and engraving titled THE BISHOPS BEFORE THE PRIVY COUNCIL 1688.
interior with James II rising from chair around table of councillors at right, pointing towards the clerics standing at left as he sentences them to execution.
Illustration to Bowyer’s edition of Hume’s ‘History of England’.
Engraved by George Noble. An English line engraver.
From a painting by Robert Smirke, R.A. (1752 – 1845). Robert Smirke RA was an English painter and illustrator, specialising in small paintings showing subjects taken from literature. He was a member of the Royal Academy.
Published by Robert Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, London. July 1799.
Image size 11 1/4 inch x 8 1/8 inch
The engraving is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.
Availability: 1 in stock
