HENRY PRINCE OF WALES SON OF K. JAMES I.

Date1738

Engraver Jacobus Houbraken 1698-1780

Publisher John & Paul Knapton (active 1735-1789)

After work by Isaac Oliver d. 1617

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white line engraving with etching

DimensionsOH: 18 7/8" x OW: 12 5/8"; Plate H: 14 5/8" x W: 9 1/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1930-443

DescriptionThe text with the oval surrounding the portrait reads: "HENRY PRINCE OF/ WALES SON OF K. JAMES I."

The lower margin reads: "In the Collection of D.r Mead./ J. Houbraken sculps. Amst./ I. Oliver pinx./ Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini 1738."Label TextThis is one of the portraits for the Kit Kat Club and was then included in volumes of Birch's "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Engraved by Mr Houbraken and by Mr Vertue" (London, 1743-1752) (compiling of portraits of famous people); these were sold in the Colonies.ProvenanceBefore 1930, Robert Fridenberg (New York, NY); 1930-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).