William Camden - Original Robert White Engraving - Britannia, 17th C.
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Original 17th century burin engraving with the portrait of William Camden (1551-1623), English antiquary, historian and herald, author of Britannia, the first complete chorographical description of the British Isles and one of the founding works of European antiquarian scholarship.
Original 17th century burin engraving with the portrait of William Camden (1551-1623), English antiquary, historian and herald, author of Britannia, the first complete chorographical description of the British Isles and one of the founding works of European antiquarian scholarship.
It served as the frontispiece portrait of the English edition of Britannia published in London in 1695. At the foot, the cartouche William Camden Clarenceux. Obijt A.D. 1623. Aetatis suae LXXIII above the motto Pondere non numero; he wears the collar of Clarenceux King of Arms, an office he held from 1597. Signed R. White sculp.
Medium: Copper engraving (burin) on laid paper.
Artist / after: Robert White.
Engraver: Robert White (London, 1645 - Bloomsbury, London, 1703). Signed R. White sculp.
Date: 17th century.
Source: William Camden, Britannia, English edition, London, 1695.
Dimensions: Plate mark 11.8 x 7.9 in (30 x 20 cm).
Condition: Good condition. Clean, well-contrasted impression, with wide margins. It shows the foxing of the period of the engraving, which can be seen in the photograph.
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Original 17th century burin engraving with the portrait of William Camden (1551-1623), English antiquary, historian and herald, author of Britannia, the first complete chorographical description of the British Isles and one of the founding works of European antiquarian scholarship.