Richardus Sterne Archiepiscopus Eboracensis.
GP Harding delt 1802.
Watercolour and wash, 320 x 250mm (12½ x 6"). Glued to backing sheet.
Richard Sterne (1595/6-1683), archbishop of York. An active royalist, Sterne was arrested in 1642 and imprisoned in the Tower of London after being placed under house arrest and placed on a coal ship in the Thames (one MP allegedly argued for his transportation to Algiers or America as a slave). In 1645 he regained his liberty and kept a school in Stevenage for fitfteen years before he was singled out for preferment at the Restoration. He became archbishop of York in 1664. Watercolour after a mezzotint by Francis Place, by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
For another watercolour of Sterne see ref. 14415.
[Ref: 42314] £290.00
Watercolour and wash, 320 x 250mm (12½ x 6"). Glued to backing sheet.
Richard Sterne (1595/6-1683), archbishop of York. An active royalist, Sterne was arrested in 1642 and imprisoned in the Tower of London after being placed under house arrest and placed on a coal ship in the Thames (one MP allegedly argued for his transportation to Algiers or America as a slave). In 1645 he regained his liberty and kept a school in Stevenage for fitfteen years before he was singled out for preferment at the Restoration. He became archbishop of York in 1664. Watercolour after a mezzotint by Francis Place, by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
For another watercolour of Sterne see ref. 14415.
[Ref: 42314] £290.00