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Exquisite 1840s Steel Engraving - Historical Antique Portrait Print ROBERT RICH, EARL OF WARWICK Engraved by: H. ROBINSON FROM THE ORIGINAL OF VANDYKE, IN THE COLLECTION OF THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL OF HARDWICKE Published by THE LONDON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY Approximate Portrait Image Area Size: 4 X 5 inches Approximate Size With Decorated Border and vignettes: 6 X 7 1/2 inches Approximate Overall Size with margins: 7 X 10 1/2 inches Enlarged view of the top vignette. A beautiful elaborate fleur de lis scrollwork decorative border surrounds the image, with a tiny vignette at the top of the portrait image. The vignette may represent the family coat of arms or crest.The celtic like ornamental perimeter scrollwork surrounding the portrait is a beautiful work of art, typical of a John Tallis type production. A great historical portrait print for a genealogy buff looking for family heritage or royalty type prints. Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (June 5, 1587?19 April 1658), was an English colonial administrator and admiral. Rich was the eldest son of Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick and of his wife Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich, and succeeded to the earldom of Warwick in 1619. His younger brother was Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland. Developing an early interest in colonial ventures, he joined the Guinea, New England and Virg*.inia companies, and the Virginia Company's offspring, the Somers Isles Company. His enterprises involved him in disputes with the British East India Company (1617) and with the Virginia Company, which in 1624 was suppressed as a result of his action. In 1627 he commanded an unsuccessful privateering expedition against the Spaniards. His Puritan connections and sympathies gradually estranged him from the court, but promoted his association with the New England colonies. In 1628 he indirectly procured the patent for the Massachusetts colony, and in 1631 he granted the "Saybrook" patent in Connecticut. Forced to resign the presidency of the New England Company in the same year, he continued to manage the Somers Isles Company and Providence Island Company, the latter of which, founded in 1630, administered Old Providence on the Mosquito Coast. Meanwhile in England Warwick opposed the forced loan of 1626, the payment of ship money and Laud's church policy. His Richneck Plantation was located in what is now the independent city of Newport News, Virginia. The Warwick River, Warwick Towne, and Warwick River Shire are all believed named for him, as are Warwick, Rhode Island and Warwick Parish in Bermuda (alias The Somers Isles). CONDITION: Very Good Condition. Portrait Image area is clean, clear and sharp with beautiful detail and in Excellent Condition. Blank on Reverse side and printed heavier paper. This beautiful print would look great matted and framed. An art supply store can provide you with a selection of frames for old art treasures.
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