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Artists›George Vertue

George Vertue

English, 1684–1756

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Lady Jane Grey

1748 · engraving

sheet: 47.5 × 56.8 cm (18 11/16 × 22 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

John Milton, Age 21

1747 · Engraving

Plate: 9 3/8 × 6 11/16 in. (23.8 × 17 cm) Sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 3/4 in. (26.2 × 19.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Richard Bancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury

1745 · engraving

plate: 22.5 × 15 cm (8 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Bust of Hollar in a Circular Frame (published in Vertue's, Description of the Works of the Ingenious Delineator & Engraver, Wenceslaus Hollar)

1745 · Etching and engraving

Image diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) Plate: 2 13/16 × 2 7/8 in. (7.1 × 7.3 cm) Sheet (inlaid): 3 1/16 × 3 1/8 in. (7.8 × 7.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle: A Plan and Elevation of the Royal Fire-Works, London, 1749

1744 · Etching and engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portret van Samuel Dale op 78-jarige leeftijd

1737 · engraving on paper

height: 196 cm, width: 150 cm

Rijksmuseum

Queen Elizabeth I

1732 · Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 27.9 × 17.7 cm (11 × 7 in.); Plate: 28.9 × 18.7 cm (11 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 38.5 × 24.1 cm (15 3/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mary, Queen of Scots

1729 · Engraving

Plate: 6 15/16 × 4 1/16 in. (17.7 × 10.3 cm) Sheet: 7 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (18.4 × 10.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Bust of Hollar in a Circular Frame (published in Vertue's, Description of the Works of the Ingenious Delineator & Engraver, Wenceslaus Hollar) (Met Museum)

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