Edward, the Black Prince - Original Engraving by John Goldar - 1786
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Original 1786 engraving with the portrait of Edward of Woodstock (1330-1376), Prince of Wales and of Aquitaine, eldest son of Edward III and known as the Black Prince. Victor at Crécy and at Poitiers, he died before his father and never came to reign.
Original 1786 engraving with the portrait of Edward of Woodstock (1330-1376), Prince of Wales and of Aquitaine, eldest son of Edward III and known as the Black Prince. Victor at Crécy and at Poitiers, he died before his father and never came to reign.
The print reproduces the effigy of his funerary monument in Canterbury Cathedral, as the inscription at the foot reads: From his Monument in the Cathedral at Canterbury. It carries the signature Goldar sculp and the heading London, Engrav'd for Harrison's Edition of Rapin, of the London edition of Paul de Rapin-Thoyras's History of England.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Engraver: John Goldar (Oxford, 1729 - London, 1795).
Date: 1786 (the imprint dated 9 January 1786).
Source: Harrison's edition of Paul de Rapin-Thoyras's History of England, London.
Dimensions: Plate mark 11.6 x 7.9 in (29.5 x 20 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with light foxing in the left margin and the toning of the period.
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Original 1786 engraving with the portrait of Edward of Woodstock (1330-1376), Prince of Wales and of Aquitaine, eldest son of Edward III and known as the Black Prince. Victor at Crécy and at Poitiers, he died before his father and never came to reign.