Suppressed plates, wood engravings, &c., together with other curiosities germane thereto; being an account of certain matters peculiarly alluring to the collector (1907)
Layard, George Somes, 1857-1925 · London : A. and C. Black · leaf 314
elaborate a nature tobe entered upon here. Before concluding this account of palimpsestplates I shall reproduce three very curious printsin which the substitution of one head for anotheris more than usually outrageous.^ The original ^ The earliest example of the artist as Headsman that I have… … Tin: IM.ATK WITH TIIK IIKAl) IMIJMSIIKI) (II T. ADAPTED PLATES 241 engraving was by Pierre Lombart after a made-upportrait of Charles I., on horseback, professing tobe by Vandyck. The plate was executed before the execution(save the mark !) of the Martyr King. After hisdeath the head of Cromwell…
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