William Rufus Portrait Engraving, King of England, Vertue Style, c.1735

William the Conqueror Portrait Engraving, Domesday Scene, England, c.1740 This finely detailed 18th-century copperplate engraving presents a commanding portrait of King William I of...

An engraved portrait of Henry IV, King of England. Henry IV was the first English monarch from the Lancastrian branch of the Plantagenets and came to power after deposing his cousin Richard II in 1399. His reign was marked by the start of the 15-year civil strife known as the Wars of the Roses, numerous rebellions, and efforts to consolidate his power and legitimize his somewhat tenuous claim to the throne. The text mentions that the portrait is based on a picture at Hampton Court, which is a royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Published as the act directs on June 18th, 1787, this engraving is part of the collection for "Harrington's Edition of Rapin's History of England." Henry IV's reign is notable for the rebellion led by the famous knight Henry Percy...

Grand Khan of Tartary Portrait Engraving, Nicolas de Larmessin, Paris, c.1660 A striking and highly decorative mid-17th-century copperplate engraving depicting the “Grand Cam” or Gr...

Royal Portrait Henry Stuart Lord Darnley, Vertue Engraving, 1732 This refined 18th-century copperplate engraving presents a striking royal portrait of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (15...

Copper-line engraving by Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) after Peter Lely. Houbraken was a Dutch engraver famous for his series of portraits of famous English historical figures with elaborate cartouches. Originally published 1739, this impression c1820. 360mm by 230mm (platemark) Henry Bennet, 1st earl of Arlington, 1618-85, was an English statesman who fought for the royalists in the English civil war...

Charles III, King of Spain is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen after Camillo Paderni in the 1760s. Signed on the plate. Good conditions ...

Charles III, King of Spain is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen after Camillo Paderni in the 1760s. Signed on the plate. Good conditions ...

'George II' Copper-line engraving by Pierre Francois Basan (1723-1797) after Founan. Basan (1723-1797) was a French engraver and publisher. George II (1683-1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Leneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. He was the last British monarch to have been born outside Great Britain, and was famous for his numerous conflicts with his father and, subsequently, with his son. As king, he exercised little control over policy in his early reign, the government instead being controlled by Great Britain's de facto first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole...