Lot 2055
JACOBUS HOUBRAKEN (1698-1780)
THE HEADS OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONS OF GREAT BRITAIN
Seventeen engravings from the celebrated series, sitters include Sir Francis Bacon, Oliver Cromwell [see illus.], Robert Devereux, Robert Dudley, Sir Walter Ralegh, Sir Francis Walsingham, King William III and many others, after various artists, published by J and P Knapton, c.1738-1744
Each image 35.5 x 22cm. (17)
