King James I of England and VI of Scotland. Engraving, 16--.

Date:
[between 1600 and 1699]
Reference:
2045842i
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Description

James I, head and shoulders in oval directed to right, wearing a hat, a jewelled mantle and the George, with lettering around oval border. Rectangular woodcut border around engraving

Publication/Creation

[Germany] : [publisher not identified], [between 1600 and 1699]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 11.7 x 10.5 cm

Lettering

Jacobus Dei gratia magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae rex etc. Bears German text on verso in black letter in double columns Two Latin couplets below the portrait: "Cernere magnanimum regis caput osque requiris? Magnanimum regis cernere pictus amas? tale caput simul os et pectus tale ministras Ipse Iacobe, tibi rex gravis amplus opas" [sic]

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. 46

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045842i

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    2045842i.1
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    2045842i.2

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