King Charles I. Mezzotint by J. Smith.

Date:
[between 1600 and 1699?]
Reference:
2029453i
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The portrait called the Eikon basilike: Charles kneels before an altar, left, holding a crown of thorns in his right hand and trampling the globe with his left foot

Publication/Creation

[London?] : I. Smith ex, [between 1600 and 1699?]

Physical description

1 print : mezzotint ; image and lettering 17.3 x 11.7 cm

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Lettering

Charles the 1th &c. of whom the world was not worthy. Heb. 11.38. I. Smith ex.

References note

Freeman O'Donoghue, Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, London 1910, p. 392 no. 211

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2029453i

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