Antique Portrait of George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Published in 1742
€ 320
One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.
Date
1742
Mapmaker / artist
Jacobus Houbraken
Sheet size
37 × 22.5 cm (14.6 × 8.9 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-11215-23'
Condition
general age-related toning. Trimmed margins, please study image carefully.
About this sheet
Antique portrait titled 'George Hamilton Earl of Orkney'. Portrait of George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, 1666 - 1737.
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.
Condition: Good, general age-related toning. Trimmed margins, please study image carefully. Date: 1742 Overall size: 22.5 x 37 cm. Image size: 22.5 x 37 cm.
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