Clerk of Eldin, John
(1757-1832, Scottish). Lincluden Abbey (Old College, Dumfri…

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Clerk of Eldin, John (1757-1832, Scottish). Lincluden Abbey (Old College, Dumfries). Etching. 9 x 15.5. heavily trimmed. Mounted under passep. R

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Clerk of Eldin, John (1757-1832, Scottish). Lincluden Abbey (Old College, Dumfries). Etching. 9 x 15.5. heavily trimmed. Mounted under passep. R

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GILLIES (John): Histoire de l'Ancienne Grèce, de ses colonies et de ses conquêtes, depuis les premiers temps, jusqu'à la division de l'empire macédonien (...). Paris, Buisson, 1787-88. 6 volumes. 12 by 19.5 cm. VIII-423; (4)-IV-516; (4)-420; (4)-IV-384; (4)-466; VIII-507 pages, and two folding maps (complete). Contemporary full blond calf, ornate smooth spine, red title-pieces, boards framed with gilt lace, lace on the edges, speckled edges. Two small bumps on the spines, some rubbing and light spotting, otherwise very good condition of the binding. Interior with very rare spotting, and a few very slightly darkened leaves (not serious). John Gillies was a Scottish historian (1747-1836). He was the King's historiographer for Scotland, and a member of the Royal Society of London. His History of Ancient Greece remains remarkable for the depth of its analysis. It was translated into French by Jean-Louis Carra. Born in Pont-de-Veyle in 1743, this adventurer traveled throughout Central Europe and the Near East before being appointed to the Royal Library. An ardent revolutionary, he and Mercier founded the Annales patriotiques et littéraires de la France, a highly successful publication.

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P. GUNST (1659) after WERFF (1659), 1. Duke of Somerset (around 1500-1552), Copper engraving Pieter van Gunst (around 1659 Amsterdam - 1731 ibid.) after Adriaen van der Werff (1659 Rotterdam - 1722 ibid.): Portrait 1 Duke of Somerset, Edward Seymour (c 1500-1552), , Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Adr.n vander Werff pinx. / P. à Gunst sculps.". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Edouard Seymour [...]". Date: Description: Half-length portrait in the picture field, set as a trompe-l'œil in a park landscape. Person: Duke Edward 1. Seymour, Somerset (around 1500 - 1552 London) English statesman and brother of Queen Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII. After his sister's marriage to the king, he made a career at court, quickly receiving the titles of Viscount Beauchamp and Earl of Hertford and the offices of Chancellor of North Wales and Governor and Captain of Jersey. In the last years of Henry VIII, Seymour took part in military campaigns against France and Scotland, and after the latter's death became Lord Protector to the still minor King Edward VI. As regent of England, Seymour openly promoted Protestantism, which led to rebellions in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset. His campaign against Scotland, an attempt to force the marriage of Edward VI to Mary Stuart, also a minor Scottish queen, ended in financial disaster for England. Increasingly unpopular among the nobility, Seymour was overthrown in December 1549 and imprisoned in the Tower of London for several months. Although he was released in May 1550 and re-admitted to the Crown Council, the nobility continued to distrust him. On 16 October 1551, at the instigation of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, he was arrested for high treason and beheaded on Tower Hill on 22 January 1552. Keywords: Coat of arms, nobility, Tudor, Lord Porotector, Chancellor, 18th century, Rococo, Portraits, United Kingdom, Size: Paper: 35,4 cm x 21,6 cm (13,9 x 8,5 in), Plate: 31,7 cm x 18,7 cm (12,5 x 7,4 in), Depiction: 29,8 cm x 17,5 cm (11,7 x 6,9 in) Condition: Very good condition. Pale foxing. Dark discolouration on the left margin of the sheet. The upper right corner of the sheet is folded over.

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