King Charles II. Mezzotint by C. Turner, 1816, after P. Lely.
- Lely, Peter, 1618-1680.
- Date:
- [1816]
- Reference:
- 2043495i
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About this work
Description
Seated in a richly decorated interior at a table on which are the crown and sceptre, directed to left facing front, wearing robes, with Windsor Castle in the left background flying the Union Jack
Publication/Creation
[London] : [S. Woodburn], [1816]
Physical description
1 print : mezzotint, with stipple and etching ; image 28.2 x 20.5 cm
Lettering
Charles II. King of England. Natus 1630. Obiit 1685. Engraved by Charles Turner.
References note
Freeman O'Donoghue, Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, London 1908, p. 399, possibly no. 68 (as by Charles Turner and published by S. Woodburn)
Alfred Whitman, Charles Turner, London: George Bell, 1907, p. 174, no. 473 (records two states, one 1816, the other with worn plate 1830)
J. Chaloner Smith, British mezzotinto portraits, vol. 1, London 1883, p. 237 (published by Woodburn in collection Fifteen personages, 1816)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2043495i
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Location Status Access Closed stores