George Abbot (1562-1633) Archbishop of Canterbury
Jacobus Houbraken (Dordrecht 1698 - Amsterdam 1780)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1740 - 1759
Materials
ebonised
Measurements
500 x 345 mm
Collection
Fenton House, London
NT 1448609
Summary
Print, line engraving, George Abbot (1562-1633) Archbishop of Canterbury by Jacobus Houbraken (Dordrecht 1698 - Amsterdam 1780). 1740s-1750s. One of thirty-six engravings by Houbraken and Vertue, after original portraits, made for "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain" by Thos. Birch and published in 1743.
Makers and roles
Jacobus Houbraken (Dordrecht 1698 - Amsterdam 1780), engraver (printmaker)