A description of four ancient paintings, . being historical portraitures of royal branches of the Crown of England.
George Vertue (London 1684 - London 1756)
Category
Books
Date
1740
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3122587
Summary
Bibliographic description
4,28 leaves; 3,[1]p. . 4to.. Imperfect: the second sequence (28 leaves) only. Bound with Vertue's 'Description of the works of ... Wenceslaus Hollar' (1745). Old Wimpole shelfmarks: Nn/8 and 609 [pencil]; Nn.5.27 (corrected to 24) [dark blue ink]. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: The Honble. Charles Yorke [i.e. Charles Yorke (1722-1770, younger brother of the 2nd Earl of Hardwicke; Lord Chancellor, 1770]. Binding: Eighteenth-century half calf, marbled paper sides. Spine with gilt rules; spine-label: 'Holar & Virtue' [sic].
Makers and roles
George Vertue (London 1684 - London 1756)