Physiognomical Portraits of Distinguished Characters Edward Walmsley 1822. Line engravings of famous people by British Artists

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Physiognomical Portraits, One Hundred Distinguished Characters,
From undoubted Originals, Engraved in the Line Manner,
By the most Eminent British Artists
by Edward Walmsley
(1822-1824, London by John Major, Robert Jennings & Robert Triphook)

Original 200-year-old Copperplate Engravings
(Proofs on India Paper laid on woven paper with a ' W [shield] E 1821' watermark
Sheet size: approx. 8 5/8 x 11 3/8 inches
Plate mark: approx. 5 x 7 inches
Portrait size: approx. 2 x 2 3/7 inches

NOTE: THE PAPER, WHICH IS 200 YEARS OLD, IS SOMEWHAT AGE-TONED
AND MAY SHOW OTHER SIGNS OF AGE. PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT THE PROVIDED ENLARGEMENTS TO ASSESS THE CONDITION OF EACH PRINT.

Louis de Camoens

Drawn by F. Gerard
Engraved by John T. Wedgwood

$20

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Engraved by E. Smith

$25

Balthazar Castiglione

Painted by Raffaelle
Engraved by John T. Wedgwood

$25

Philip Champagne

Painted by Himself
Engraved by Cosmo Armstrong

$20

Antonio Allegri de Corregio

Painted by Himself
Engraved by John T. Wedgwood

Gaspar de Crayer

Painted by Vandyke
Engraved by John T. Wedgwood

$20

William Dobson

Painted by Himself
Engraved by Charles Pye

$20

Peter Dupuis

Painted by N. Mignard
Engraved by Cosmo Armstrong

$20

Henry Van Balen

Painted by Vandyke
Engraved by John T. Wedgwood

$20

Beccadelli

Painted by Titian
Engraved by Cosmo Armstrong

$20

Michel Le Blon

Painted by Vandyke
Engraved by Charles Pye

$20

Thomas Willeborts Boschaert

Painted by Vandyke
Engraved by Francis Engleheart

$20

Michel Angelo Buonarroti

Painted by Himself
Engraved by Cosmo Armstrong

$30

Desiderius Erasmus

Painted by Holbein
Engraved by Charles Pye

$20

Fenelon

Painted by Vivien
Engraved by Cosmo Armstrong

$15

John De la Fontaine

Painted by H. Rigault
Engraved by Cosmo Armstrong

$20

Cornelius Vander Geest

Painted by Vandyke
Engraved by Andrew Duncan

$20

Henry Groltzius

Painted by Himself
Engraved by Charles Pye

$20

John Marquis of Granby

Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Engraved by Edward Smith

$15

John Hampden

Painted by Robert Walker
Engraved by John T. Wedgwood

$20

Inigo Jones

Painted by Vandyke
Engraved by Edward Smith

$15

Jacob Jordaens

Painted by Vandyke
Engraved by Edward F. Finden

$15

Colonel John Lambert

Painted by Walker
Engraved by Edward Smith

$15

Peter 1st, Czar of Muscovy

Painted by Nattiere
Engraved by Edward F. Finden

$20

Daniel Mytens

Painted by Vandyke
Engraved by Edward Smith

$20

John Nicot

Painted by Henry Groltzius
Engraved by Charles Pye

$15

Algernon Percy,
Earl of Northumberland

Painted by Vandyke
Engraved by Thomas Bragg

$15

Francis Petrarch

Painted by Tofanelli
Engraved by William H. Worthington

$25

Edward Seymour,
Duke of Somerset

Painted by Holbein
Engraved by Edward Smith

$25

Thomas Wentworth,
Earl of Suffolk

Painted by Vandyke
Engraved by Ambrose Warren

$20

Charles Edward Stuart

Painted by L. Toqui
Engraved by Edward F. Finden

$25

Maximillian de Béthune,
Duke of Sully

Painted by Dubois
Engraved by Cosmo Armstrong

$20

Benjamin West, P.R.A.

Painted by G.H. Harlow
Engraved by James Fittler, A.R.A.

$25

Richard Wilson

Painted by Raphael Mings
Engraved by Charles Pye

$20

[untitled, probably
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey]

$20

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