King James I of England and VI of Scotland. Engraving by C.G., 161-.
- C. G., active approximately 1610.
- Date:
- [between 1610 and 1619]
- Reference:
- 2046041i
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Description
James I and VI, bust to right in oval, wearing a tall feathered hat and the George. In spandrels above, Apollo (left) and Minerva (right), in spandrels below, women representing plenty (left) and peace (right)
Publication/Creation
[London] (and are to be sold in Lombard Streete) : By John Boswel, [between 1610 and 1619]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; platemark 17.8 x 11.9 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Iacobus D.G. magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae rex. C.G. fecit.
Latin verses below the portrait: En tibi, rex, suprâ, cum Pallade doctus Apollo, In laudes merito, magne Iacobe, tuas: Infra te posita est Pax alma et Copia rerum, Quam felix populus, magne Iacobe, tuus?
Edition
[State with Boswel's address as Lombard Streete rather than Pope's Head Alley].
Creator/production credits
The only known print by C.G. (British Museum online catalogue)
References note
Freeman O'Donoghue, Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, London 1910, vol. 2, p. 618, no. 41
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2046041i
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