The heads of the kings of England : proper for Mr. Rapin's History, translated by N. Tindal ... : viz. Egbert First, monarch of England, Alfred the Great, Canute the Dane, William the Conquerer, first of the Norman line, and all the succeeding kings and sovereign queens to the Revolution : with some of the most illustrious princes of the royal family / collected, drawn, and engraven, with ornaments and decorations, by George Vertue ; to which are added, the heads of Mr. Rapin and N. Tindal ... ; and an account of the several heads, of the antiquities that have been followed, and of the pictures copied for engraving them ; also, twenty two plates of the monuments of the kings of England, with their epitaphs, and inscriptions, and a brief historical account of them.

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Creator:: Vertue, George, 1684–1756
Title(s):: The heads of the kings of England : proper for Mr. Rapin's History, translated by N. Tindal ... : viz. Egbert First, monarch of England, Alfred the Great, Canute the Dane, William the Conquerer, first of the Norman line, and all the succeeding kings and sovereign queens to the Revolution : with some of the most illustrious princes of the royal family / collected, drawn, and engraven, with ornaments and decorations, by George Vertue ; to which are added, the heads of Mr. Rapin and N. Tindal ... ; and an account of the several heads, of the antiquities that have been followed, and of the pictures copied for engraving them ; also, twenty two plates of the monuments of the kings of England, with their epitaphs, and inscriptions, and a brief historical account of them.
Published/Created:: London : Printed for James, John, and Paul Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate-Street, 1736.
Physical Description:: 12 p., [42] leaves of plates : chiefly ports. ; 42 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A D 51
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/581423
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Plates by George Vertue and Bernard Picart; after Hans Holbein, Antonio More, Titian, Isaac Oliver, Lucas de Heere, Gerard van Honthorst, Anthonie van Dyck, Paulus Vansomer, Samuel Cooper, Peter Lely, Godfrey Kneller, and George Knapton.
Subject Terms:: Engraving -- Specimens -- 1736.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Portraits.
Knapton (James, John, and Paul) -- Publisher.
Contributors:: Tindal, N. (Nicholas), 1687–1774. History of England.
Rapin de Thoyras, M. (Paul), 1661–1725. History of England.
Holbein, Hans, 1497–1543, ill.
Oliver, Isaac, 1556?-1617, ill.
Heere, Luc de, 1534–1584, ill.
Honthorst, Gerard van, 1592–1656, ill.
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641, ill.
Cooper, Samuel, 1609–1672, ill.
Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618–1680, ill.
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646–1723, ill.
Knapton, George, 1698–1778, ill.
Vertue, George, 1684–1756, engraver.
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