Jacob HOUBRAKEN (engraver), Hubert-François GRAVELOT (engraver and draughtsman)
Sir Francis Drake
(1742)
illustration from The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain by Thomas Birch, published by John and Paul Knapton, London, 1743–52

Medium
engraving and etching

Measurements
34.3 × 21.0 cm (image) 36.4 × 23.0 cm (plate) 54.5 × 38.5 cm irreg. (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hind p. 154; IFF 568 (Gravelot)

Inscription
printed (diagonally) in ink (in image) l.c.: Sr FRANCIS DRAKE.
printed in ink l.r.: J: Houbraken Sculp Amst.

Accession Number
1278.246-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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