J. Houbraken Sculp Amst.
[Amsterdam, c.1750.]
Engraving, fine impression. 365 x 230mm (14 x 9"). Torn to plate lower left.
Sir Francis Drake (1540 - 1596), admiral and circumnavigator, in an ornamental oval, a cartouche below showing a sea battle. Armour, canon and a globe below the portrait. For Thomas Birch's 'Heads of the Illustrious Persons of Great Britain', 1743-52.
[Ref: 24218]  £240.00