John Tillotson, Dean of Canterbury - 17th C. Engraving after Peter Lely
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Original 17th century engraving with the portrait of John Tillotson (1630-1694), a preacher of enormous standing in Restoration England and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691. His sermons, plain in style and stripped of Baroque rhetoric, were reprinted throughout the following century.
Original 17th century engraving with the portrait of John Tillotson (1630-1694), a preacher of enormous standing in Restoration England and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691. His sermons, plain in style and stripped of Baroque rhetoric, were reprinted throughout the following century.
The lettering at the foot titles him Johannes Tillotson S.S. Theologiae Professor, Regiae Maiestati a Sacris, Decanus Cantuariensis, that is chaplain to the king and Dean of Canterbury, a post he held between 1672 and 1689. The original is by Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), first portraitist of the court of Charles II.
Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper.
Artist / after: After a work by Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680).
Date: 17th century, between 1672 and 1689 according to the office named in the inscription.
Dimensions: Image 13.1 x 9.2 in (33.3 x 23.3 cm).
Condition: Margins trimmed level with the image. Scraping in the lower right corner of the lettering, where the engraver's signature would be, now lost. General toning of the paper and light creases along the right edge of the sheet.
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Original 17th century engraving with the portrait of John Tillotson (1630-1694), a preacher of enormous standing in Restoration England and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691. His sermons, plain in style and stripped of Baroque rhetoric, were reprinted throughout the following century.