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.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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:
Knapton (James, John, and Paul) -- Publisher. | Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Portraits. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1736.
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.