The Monk, a Capuchin Friar - Armytage Engraving after Rippingille

Original steel engraving of The Monk, a bust profile of a Capuchin friar within an oval. Engraved by James Charles Armytage after the painting by Edward Villiers Rippingille then in the Vernon Gallery.

The Vernon Gallery gathered the collection of British painting that Robert Vernon gave to the nation in 1847; its pictures were made known in engravings in The Art Journal, published in London by the house of Virtue.

Medium: Steel engraving.
Artist / after: After Edward Villiers Rippingille (c. 1790-1859).
Engraver: James Charles Armytage (c. 1802-1897).
Date: About 1853.
Source: The Vernon Gallery, published by Virtue in The Art Journal, London.
Dimensions: Plate mark 10.8 x 8.5 in (27.5 x 21.5 cm).
Condition: Good condition; light toning of the paper and an occasional isolated spot of foxing in the margins.