Charles II, 1650s

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 32.8 x 23.9 cm (12 15/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

sheet: 42.6 x 27 cm (16 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Fagan 1888, Vol. p, no. 8, State i/ii

Accession Number

2006.4.2

Artists / Makers

William Faithorne (artist) English, 1616 - 1691

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in plate: DIEV ET MON DROIT.; lower left in plate: Guil. Faithorne sculp:; lower center in plate: The Second Charles, Heire of ye Royall Martyr... / ...redeeme thy people and assume thy Owne.; lower right in plate J.O.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 1st state; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: A82707

Provenance

Frederic R. Halsey [1847-1918], New York (Lugt 1308); (R. M. Light & Co. Inc., Santa Barbara); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Halsey, Frederic R.
Light, Robert M., Mr.

Bibliography

1888: Fagan, Louis. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Engraved Works of William Faithorne. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1888.