George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham - 1784 Engraving by G. Noble
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Original 1784 engraving with the portrait of George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), favorite of James I and afterwards of Charles I, and the most powerful man in England for more than a decade. He was stabbed to death at Portsmouth in 1628.
Original 1784 engraving with the portrait of George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), favorite of James I and afterwards of Charles I, and the most powerful man in England for more than a decade. He was stabbed to death at Portsmouth in 1628.
He directed a disastrous foreign policy, with the expeditions to Cadiz and to the Isle of Ré, and was the object of repeated attempts at removal in Parliament. The print comes from the illustrated edition of Rapin de Thoyras's History of England published in London by John Harrison; it was engraved by George Noble after the portrait by Cornelius Johnson kept at Somerset House.
Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper.
Artist / after: After a work by C. Johnson (Cornelius Johnson, 1593-1661).
Engraver: George Noble.
Date: June 1784, according to the imprint.
Source: Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England, London. The original, at Somerset House.
Dimensions: Plate mark 12.2 x 7.9 in (31 x 20 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with foxing of the period scattered through the margins.
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Original 1784 engraving with the portrait of George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), favorite of James I and afterwards of Charles I, and the most powerful man in England for more than a decade. He was stabbed to death at Portsmouth in 1628.