Charles the First King of Great Britain
Charles the First King of Great Britain
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- Description
- Engraving after painting by Anthony van Dyck once in the Drawing Room at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2. Marsh probably wrote the numeral 67 in pencil in the lower right corner. This plate was first published in 1716 and reprinted for the The Houghton Gallery series. Paired with portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria. A mezzotint after this painting was included in vol. 1 of Marsh's set. See 1978.0534.02.79.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- engraving
- Object Type
- Engraving
- Other Terms
- Print; Intaglio; Engraving
- Date made
- 1778
- engraver
- Gunst, Pieter Stevens van
- original artist
- Van Dyck, Anthony
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- Boydell, Josiah
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 52.75 cm x 33.25 cm; 20 25/32 in x 13 3/32 in
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.03.69
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.03.69
- Credit Line
- Marsh Collection
- subject
- British Royalty
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Communications
- Marsh Collection
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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