Portrait of James I and VI
Date
early 18th century
Sitter
James I and VI, King of Scotland, England and Ireland (1566 - 1625, British) , James VI King of Scotland; James I King of England and Ireland; James Charles Stuart
Creator
John Faber (1694 - 1756, Dutch) , Engraver
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Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 160mm
width (print): 160mm
Subject
Description
Three quarter length portrait of James I, turned to the right [as viewed], looking directly out at the viewer. With hair natural, a royal mantel and white ruff and a column and crown visible behind.
Inscribed below: ‘A Van Dyke Eques Pinx ab originali minuta fact per Fra. Hilyard A. D.i 1617.
Jacobus I. D. G. Mag. Brit. Fra. & Hil. Rex.
Printed & sold by Tho. Bowles next the Chapter house in S.t Pauls Church yard’
Engraving from MS/648/6 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
James I and VI, King of Scotland, England and Ireland, (1566-1625).
Inscribed below: ‘A Van Dyke Eques Pinx ab originali minuta fact per Fra. Hilyard A. D.i 1617.
Jacobus I. D. G. Mag. Brit. Fra. & Hil. Rex.
Printed & sold by Tho. Bowles next the Chapter house in S.t Pauls Church yard’
Engraving from MS/648/6 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
James I and VI, King of Scotland, England and Ireland, (1566-1625).
Object history
Charles Turnor presented his Collectanea Newtoniana. Being a selection of the most authentic engraved portraits of Sir Isaac Newton Knt., and other eminent Philosophers Mathematicians and Distinguished Men … to the Royal Society in 1837.
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