Artist: Bernard Picart or Picard (1673 - 1733) was a French draughtsman, engraver, and book illustrator in Amsterdam.
Artist: Simon Thomassin, after (portrait).
Engraver: Willem van der Gouwen (ca. 1657 - 1716) was a Flemish engraver who spent most of his active career in the Dutch Republic.
Title: Allegory of the History of Britain with the Portrait of Isaac de Larrey.
Signed: Inventé et dessiné par B. Picart 1713; Gravé par vander Gouwen, four lines of inscriptions in French describing the scene.
Dimensions: Image 13" x 8 1/2". Sheet 13 1/2" x 9 7/8".
Edition: Isaac de Larrey. 'Histoire d'Angleterre', 4 vols (Rotterdam, 1697-1713).
Date: 1713.
Materials and Techniques: etching and engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: Yes.
Mat and Frame: no.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Frontispiece to the third or fourth volume of Larrey's 'Histoire d'Angleterre.'
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1880,1113.5764.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Dutch School XVIII C.
Notes:
- This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collection of the British Museum.
- The engraving illustrates a Wikipedia article, "Willem van der Gouwen."