Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Birch, Thomas, 1705-1766
Title:
The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain / engraved by Mr. Houbraken and Mr. Vertue ; with their lives and characters by Thomas Birch.
Edition:
A new edition.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for William Baynes, Paternoster Row, by Charles Wood, Poppin's Court, Fleet Street, 1813.
Physical Description:
[2], 216 pages, [108] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 52 cm
Holdings:
Unable to reach service. Holdings currently not available
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engraved vignette on title page.

Engravings after Ambrosius Holbein, Frans Pourbus, J. Oliver, Frederico Zuccheri, C. Johnson, Peter Lely, Willem van Bemmel, Anthony Van Dyke, Cooper, and Walker.

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary red gilt- and blind-tooled morocco. Bookplate: Thomas Hartley Gillfoot.
Subject Terms:
Great Britain -- Biography. | Great Britain -- Biography -- Portraits. | Portraits -- Great Britain. | Politicians -- Great Britain -- Portraits. | Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Portraits | Gillfoot, Thomas Hartley -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Portraits. | Engravings -- 1813.
Contributors:
Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698–1780, engraver. | Vertue, George, 1684–1756, engraver. | Bemmel, Willem van, 1630–1708, artist. | Cooper, Samuel, 1609–1672, artist. | Holbein, Ambrosius, 1494?-1518?, artist. | Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius, 1593–1661, artist. | Lely, Peter, 1618–1680, artist. | Oliver, Isaac, 1556?-1617, artist. | Pourbus, Frans, 1569–1622, artist. | Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641, artist. | Walker, Robert, 1607–1658?, artist. | Zuccaro, Federico, approximately 1540–1609, artist. | Baynes, W. (William), publisher. | Wood, Charles (Printer), printer.