Artist: Robert White (1645-1703), engraver, the foremost pupil of Loggan, and inherited his position as the leading line engraver for the print trade. His earliest print was made in 1666, and his last was in 1702. His output was huge and has never been fully cataloged.
Title: Effigies Elizabethæ Reginæ Angliæ ets.
Inscription content: Lettered with the title around the oval and descriptive text below. Lettered with production details: 'R. White sculp:' and 'Printed for Richard Chiswell at the Rose and Crowne in St. Pauls Church yard.' In upper margin: 'Vol: 2d.' and 'Pag: 373'.
Dimensions: Image/plate 9 5/8" x 6 3/8". Sheet 11 1/2 x 7 1/4". Mat 18" x 12 1/2".
Publisher: Richard Chiswell (1639-1711), eminent bookseller and publisher. According to Dunton he 'well deserves the title of Metropolitan Bookseller of England, if not of all the world. His name at the bottom of a title page does sufficiently recommend the book.'
Edition: Gilbert Burnet. History of the Reformation. London, 1681. (illustration). Gilbert Burnet (1643 – 1715) was a Scottish philosopher and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury. He was fluent in Dutch, French, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Burnet was highly respected as a cleric, a preacher, an academic, a writer, and a historian.
Date: 1681.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: yes.
Mat and Frame: matted.
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: torn from a book unevenly. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Vol. 2d, pag. 393.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1873,0510.916.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: English School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of the same item from The British Museum collection.