King James II. Engraving by J. Audran, ca. 1697, after A. Van der Werff (?).

Date:
1697
Reference:
2045134i
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Description

Half length facing front, wearing a lace collar and the George and star, within a fictive frame. Below, a relief showing a king being forced to flee by a warrior backed up by a fleet: an allegory of the "Glorious Revolution"

Publication/Creation

1697

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 31.1 x 18.3 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Jacques II, Roy d'Angleterre. Wander Werff pinxit ; J. Audran sculpsit

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. 625, no. 65
Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Cabinet des estampes, tome I, Paris 1931, p. 258, no. 40

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045134i

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