Original copper engraving with the portrait of the English dramatist Thomas Otway (1652-1685), author of Venice Preserv'd, in an oval with an engraved border. Lettered at the foot, M. Beal pinx., Goldar sculp., the note In the Possession of Gilbert West Esq. and Publish'd as the Act directs August 6, 1785.
Original copper engraving with the portrait of the English dramatist Thomas Otway (1652-1685), author of Venice Preserv'd, in an oval with an engraved border. Lettered at the foot, M. Beal pinx., Goldar sculp., the note In the Possession of Gilbert West Esq. and Publish'd as the Act directs August 6, 1785.
At the head it carries the engraved line London, Engrav'd for Harrison's Edition of Rapin, from the edition of Rapin de Thoyras's History of England published by John Harrison in London between 1784 and 1789.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Artist / after: after Mary Beale (1633-1699).
Engraver: John Goldar (1729-1795).
Date: 1785.
Source: Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England, London.
Dimensions: 9.9 x 16.5 in (25.2 x 42 cm).
Condition: Good. Paper with light toning and an isolated small spot in the right margin, outside the image.