King James I of England and VI of Scotland. Steel engraving by W.J. Edwards after P. van Somer, 18--.

  • Somer, Paul van, approximately 1576-1621.
Date:
[1859]
Reference:
2046802i
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Description

Half length to right facing front, bareheaded, wearing ruff. Vignettes around the portrait: left, huntsman killing stag; right, Guy Fawkes (?); top, the King James Bible; bottom, "Prince Henry reproving his courtiers"

Publication/Creation

[London] : [J.S. Virtue], [1859]

Physical description

1 print : steel engraving ; portrait and vignettes 23 x 16 cm

Contributors

Lettering

James I. From a painting by Paul Vansomer in Hampton Court.

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. 616, no. 23

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2046802i

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