King Charles I (1600-1649) and Pierre Antoine Bourdon, Seigneur de St Antoine (after Sir Anthony Van Dyck)
Bernard Baron (Paris c.1696 - London 1762)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1770
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Measurements
700 x 563 x 23 mm
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1170644
Summary
Print, engraving, King Charles I (1600-1649) and Pierre Antoine Bourdon, Seigneur de St Antoine (after Sir Anthony Van Dyck) by Bernard Baron (Paris c.1696 - London 1762). Inscribed: 'Charles the First, King of England, and the Duke d'Esperon', engraving by B. Baron after Van Dyck, published by John Boydell, London, 1770, in an ebonised and gilt frame. Paper label verso 'From R. WATSON, Carver and Gilder...Wardour Street, Oxford Street...'
Provenance
Previously amongst the chattels that, in 1978, were acquired along with Chirk Castle from Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) by the National Land Fund and handed, on loan for 99 years, to the Secretary of State for Wales. In 1981 Chirk was transferred into the ownership of the National Trust. Purchased by the National Trust in 1994.
Marks and inscriptions
From R. WATSON, Carver and Gilder...Wardour Street, Oxford Street. .. (paper label verso)
Makers and roles
Bernard Baron (Paris c.1696 - London 1762), engraver (printmaker) Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist John Boydell I (Dorrington 1719 – Cheapside, London 1804), engraver and publisher R. Watson, carver R. Watson, gilder