Antique Portrait of Sir William Wyndham, English Tory Statesman, ca.1741

About this sheet

Antique print titled 'Sr. William Wyndham'. Portrait of Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, (1687-1740) was an English Tory statesman, who served as Secretary at War in 1712 and Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1713 during the reign of the last Stuart monarch, Queen Anne. Printed in London by J. & P. Knapton, 1741.

Artists and Engravers: Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) was a Dutch engraver and the son of the artist and biographer Arnold Houbraken (1660–1719), whom he assisted in producing a published record of the lives of artists from the Dutch Golden Age. He produced a great number of book-illustrations in the taste of the time. He also engraved many portraits and some prints after contemporary masters.

Condition: Fair, age-related toning and strong soiling. Minor wear, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Date: 1741
Overall size: 23.5 x 38 cm.
Image size: 22.5 x 36 cm.

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