Original copper-plate engraving of Sir Walter Raleigh.
Engraved by W. Sharp Sculp.
Probably published by G. Kearsly at No. 46 in Fleet Street, late 1700s.
Source: "The Copper-Plate Magazine; or, a Monthly Treasure for the Admirers of the Imitative Arts," London. Not a reproduction.
Approx. size:
Outside edges 10 in. x 7 3/4 in. or 25.5 cm. x almost 20 cm.
Indented engraving 8 1/2 in. x 6 3/8 in. or 21.5+ cm..x 16 cm.
Reverse blank. Unframed.
Accompanied by two-page (back to back) text, "The Life of Sir Walter Raleigh" as shown here (small tear at top left of text page, some blurring on back side).
Yellowed with age as expected.
Please note that the indented portion reaches to the top of the paper so that one would hotsell have to mat within the indented area.
Sir Walter Raleigh wrote about King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I in his "History of the world": https://mathewlyons.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/sir-walter-ralegh-on-henry-viii/
Shipped via USPS in an acid-free sleeve.
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Product code: Sir hotsell Walter Raleigh portrait, 1700s W. Sharp Copper-Plate Engraving