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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 280339, member: 56&quot;]This is an engraving/etching by Anthony Walker (1726-1765) after a miniature painting by Isaac Oliver (1560-1617)</p><p><br /></p><p>It shows Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (Chirbury) (1583-1648)</p><p><br /></p><p>The painting dates c1613-14.&nbsp; This print is from 1764 when it was used as the frontpiece to Lord Herbert&#039;s autobiography, published by Horace Walpole.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a strange image, and the painting was done at a time when every little detail would have been symbolic.</p><p><br /></p><p>The image size is about 18.3cm x 22.3cm (7 3/16” x 8 13/16”), which is essentially the size of the original painting.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]89378[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>To me, it&#039;s a wonderful exercise in technique.&nbsp; Walker had an incredibly light touch and remarkable control.&nbsp; There&#039;s a lot that can&#039;t be appreciated without a magnifying glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a large image of another example here from England&#039;s National Portrait Gallery</p><p><a href="http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw130952/Edward-Herbert-1st-Baron-Herbert-of-Cherbury?LinkID=mp02151&amp;role=sit&amp;rNo=8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw130952/Edward-Herbert-1st-Baron-Herbert-of-Cherbury?LinkID=mp02151&amp;role=sit&amp;rNo=8" rel="nofollow">http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw130952/Edward-Herbert-1st-Baron-Herbert-of-Cherbury?LinkID=mp02151&amp;role=sit&amp;rNo=8</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s the original painting from the National Trust</p><p><a href="http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1183954" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1183954" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1183954</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Walker engraved another print I have:</p><p>Edward Bright: the Fat Man of Maldon (1751 - image size 6 5/16&quot; x 3 13/16&quot;)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]89383[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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