Portrait of Sir Jacob Astley, first Baron Astley, a Royalist commander of the English Civil War, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-1766) after a portrait of the school of Van Dyck. This impression is marked "Proof" in the lower right corner.
Portrait of Sir Jacob Astley, first Baron Astley, a Royalist commander of the English Civil War, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-1766) after a portrait of the school of Van Dyck. This impression is marked "Proof" in the lower right corner.
A posthumous impression from Worlidge's copper taken by the booksellers T. & H. Rodd, of 17 Little Newport St., Leicester Square, as the caption states.
Medium: Etching
Artist / after: After Van Dyck
Engraver / lithographer: Thomas Worlidge
Date: Published in August 1821 by T. & H. Rodd
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.9 in (14 x 22.5 cm)
Condition: Good condition; paper with light yellowing and a fold mark in the upper part.