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Portraits of Royalty: Kings, Queens, Princes, Princesses, etc,
from miscellaneous 18th and 19th century sources

Original antique prints over 100 years old.
Ferdinand I
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Ferdinand I

commence a regner le 18 Mars 1558: Mort le 25 Juillet 1564

P. Soutman pinx / D. Sornigne Scul

A Paris des Odieuvre Md d'Estampes rue Danjou Dauphine la deuxieme l'Cochere

REF 82

Original antique copperplate engraving on chain-laid paper

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 6.25 x 9.125 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT; age-appropriate toning of paper, some soiling around edges
$25
Francis I
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Francis I

From a Print in the British Museum

London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1885

REF 83

Original antique print

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 5.25 x 7.875 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT; mild rumpling
$15
Francis I
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Francis I

King of France

Titian / Francis Holl.

Blackie & Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh & London

REF 84

Original antique engvaving

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 5.25 x 7.875 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT; age-appropriate toning of paper around edges
$25
George III
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George III

REF 85

Original antique print

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 5.5 x 8.5 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT; some spotting/age-toning
$15
His Most Gracious Majesty George IV
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His Most Gracious Majesty George IV

REF 86

Original antique print

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 4.675 x 7.75 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT; foxed
$15
George IV
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George IV

REF 87

Original antique print

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 5.25 x 8.75 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT
$15
George IV
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George the 4th

"The Proprietors of the Weekly Dispatch Sunday Newspaper Have respectfully presented This striking Likeness of His Most Gracious Majesty
George the 4th"

Wegman del. / W. Holl sc.

REF 88

Original hand-coloured copperplate engraving

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 6.75 x 9.25 inches "tipped" (adhered at top edge only) to a backing paper about 10 x 12.75 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT; some puckering where adhered to backing at top corners only, some toning/foxing
$40
The Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
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The Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

Westminster Abbey, on May 12th, 1937 (An Artist's impression)

S.J. Dallaway

REF 92

Original vintage print

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 14 x 10 incheswith vertical center fold, as issued

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT; some edge/corner wear and toning; spot/stain in lower left corner
$40
Lady Jane Grey Declining the Crown
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Lady Jane Grey Declining the Crown

REF 89

Original antique engraving

R. Smirke R.A. / J. Rogers

The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 7.125 x 11 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT
$20
Lady Eleanor Gray Entreating Edward IV to Protect Her Children
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Lady Eleanor Gray Entreating Edward IV to Protect Her Children

REF 90

Original antique engraving

J. Opie R.A. / J. Rogers

The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 7.125 x 11 inches

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$20
Archbishop Grindal
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Archbishop Grindal

By permission of His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
From the portrait by Martin de Bos in the collection at Lambeth Palace.

REF 91

Original antique chromolithograph

Printed in Holland

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 5.5 x 8.5 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT: minor foxing in margins
$20
Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles the First
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Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles the First

Ob. 1669

From the original of Vandyk, in the collection of The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Clarendon

The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited

REF 93

Original antique engraving

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 7.375 x 11.125 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT
$15
Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, Richard I, Henry III, John, Edward I
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Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, Richard I, Henry III, John, Edward I

 

The London Printing and Publishing Company

REF 94

Original antique engraving

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 7.25 x 11 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT; some smudges in margin
$20
Henry, 1
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Henry I

London, Published as the Act directs, Dec 10th, 1803 by J. Wilkes

REF 95A

Original hand-colored antique copperplate etching over 200 years old

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 7.875 x 10.25 inches

SOME AGE TONING, PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT
$35
KIng Henry the Ist
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King Henry the Ist

M. Van der Gucht Sculp

REF 95

Original 200+-year-old antique copperplate engraving on chain-laid paper

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 4.5 x 7.5 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT; age-appropriate toning/mild foxing
$25
Henricus I Rex
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Henricus I Rex

Desig & Sculp G. Vertue

REF 96

Original 200+-year-old antique copperplate engraving on chain-laid paper

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 9.25 x 15.5 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT; age-appropriate toning/mild foxing/edge and corner wear
$50
King Henry the 1st
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King Henry the 1st

E. Lutterell delin / P Vanderbank Sculp

REF 97

Original 200+-year-old antique copperplate engraving on chain-laid paper

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 9.75 x 16.125 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT; age-appropriate toning/mild foxing/edge and corner wear; light text transference
$50
Henry, 1
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Henry II

London, Published as the Act directs, Jan 13th, 1804 by J. Wilkes

REF 98A

Original hand-colored antique copperplate etching over 200 years old

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 6.25 x 9.675 inches

SOME AGE TONING/STAIN AT TOP, PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT
$30
Henry II
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Henry II

London: Published as the Act directs Jan 13, 1804 by J. Wilkes

REF 98

Original 200+-year-old antique copperplate etching on chain-laid paper

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 5.5 x 8.675 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT: mild foxing in margin
$30
K Henry II
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K Henry II

G Vertue Sc

REF 99

Original 200+-year-old antique copperplate engraving on chain-laid paper

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 4.5 x 7.5 inches"tipped" (adhered at top corners only) to a backing sheet about 8.25 x 10 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT: age-appropriate paper toning
$30
Henry II
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Henry II

From the Effigy in his Tomb at Fonter-vrault

The Murder of Thomas à Becket

REF 100

Original antique engraving

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 6.5 x 10.25 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT: age-appropriate paper toning; foxing
$25
Henry II
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Henry II

G Vertue Sc

REF 101

Original 200+-year-old antique copperplate engraving

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 4.375 x 7.25 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT: age-appropriate paper toning; fox marks
$30
Henricus II Angliae Rex Dux
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Henricus II Angliae Rex Dux...

REF 102

Original 200+-year-old antique copperplate engraving

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 4.375 x 6.675 inches adhered to backing paper measuring about 10.75 x 14 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT: paper loss around edges, adhered to backing paper
$50
Henry II K of England
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Henry II K. of England

From the Effigie on his Monument at Font-evraud in Anjou, where he was buried.

Geo. Vertue Insc & Scul

REF 103

Original 200+-year-old antique copperplate engraving on chain-laid paper

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 9.375 x 15.375 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT: age-appropriate toning; edge/corner wear
$50
King Henry the IInd
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King Henry the IInd

E. Lutterell delin / P. Vanderbanck Sculp.

REF 104

Original 200+-year-old antique copperplate engraving on chain-laid paper

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 9.25 x 15 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT: age-appropriate toning; edge/corner wear
$65
King Henry the IInd
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King Henry the 2nd

REF 105

Original pencil drawing / age and artist unknown

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10.675 x 15 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT: age toning around edges of paper
$40
King Henry the IIId
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King Henry the IIId

M. Van der Gucht Sculp

REF 106

Original 200+-year-old antique copperplate engraving on chain-laid paper

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 4.375 x 7.25 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT; age-appropriate toning/mild foxing
$25
Henry III
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Henry III

From the Monument at Westminster

REF 107

Original antique engraving

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 6.375 x 10.25 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT; age-appropriate toning/mild foxing; unobtrusive horizonal fold lower third, as issued
$40
Henricus III Rex
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Henricus III Rex

From the King's Monument at Westminster

Desig. et Sculp G. Vertue

REF 108

Original 200+-year-old antique copperplate engraving on chain-laid paper

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 9.25 x 15.5 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT; age-appropriate toning/mild foxing; old, acidic tape on front in right margin to reinforce plate impresssion
$40
Henry VI
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Henry VI

Parson's Genuine Edition of Hume's England

Printed for J. Parsons, 21 Paternoster Row, July 1794

REF 109

Original antique engraving

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 3.5 x 6 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT; age-toned, soiled, crease lower right, edge/corner wear
$15
Archibishop Laud
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Archibishop Laud

By permission of His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury

From the original picture by Vandyck, in Lambeth Palace

REF 110

Original antique chromolithograph

Printed in Holland

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 5.5 x 8.5 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT;  mild age-toning
$20
Louis XI
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Louis XI

Markl d. / Bertonnier sc.

Tarle imp r de Savoie 10

REF 111

Original antique engraving

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 7 x 10.75 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT;  mild age-toning
$20
Louis XVIII
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Louis XVIII

King of France & Naarre, &c.

Engraved by T. Blood for the European Magazine from an Original by E. Galteaux

London – Published by J. Asperne, 32 Cornhill, 1st Sept, 1814

REF 112

Original antique engraving

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 4.5 x 7.25 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT;  very toned/foxed
$15
Louis Philippe

King of the French
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Louis Philippe

King of the French

REF 112-B

Original antique engraving

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 7.875 x 10.875 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT;  some age-toning and foxing
$20
Marie Amelie

Queen of the French
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Marie Amelie

Queen of the French

REF 112-C

Original antique engraving

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 7.875 x 10.875 inches

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT;  some age-toning and foxing
$20
Queen Louisa of Prussia
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Queen Louisa of Prussia

G. Richter pinx.
REF 113

Original antique print

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 5.325 x 9.125 inches "tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) to a 9x14 black backing sheet

PLEASE SEE ENLARGEMENT
$15
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