1886 EXQUISITE Portraits Gunpowder Plot Elizabeth I George Washington Archer

1886 EXQUISITE Portraits Gunpowder Plot Elizabeth I George Washington Archer

Thomas Archer’s “Pictures and Royal Portraits” is a stunning, 19^th-century illustrated survey of English and Scottish royals. While similar histories of these monarchs exist, none are as truly beautiful as this. This exquisite two-volume folio set contains engravings of famous works of art depicting the kings and queens of England and Scotland and the events of their reigns – many of which are famous on their own.

This book, in stunning, decorative red leather binding contains 69 full-page sepia engravings including:

• Portrait of James I
• Queen Elizabeth knighting Admiral Drake
• The Gunpowder Plot – Guy Fawkes interrogated by James I
• Richard I the Lionheart pardoning Bertrand de Gourdon
• Thomas Cranmer at the Traitor’s Gate
• George Washington crossing the Delaware during the Revolutionary War
• Battle of the Nile – British Royal Navy at Aboukir Bay
• Portrait of Queen Victoria and her First Council

Item number: #22599

Price: $950

ARCHER, Thomas

Pictures and royal portraits illustrative of English and Scottish history, from the introduction of Christianity to the present time

London : Blackie & Son, 1886.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
  • I – x, [2], 184
    • 35 plates
  • II – viii, [2], 171
    • 34 plates
  • Binding sticker – Blackie and Son
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~12.5in X 9in (31.5cm x 23cm)

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