Adr.n vander Werff pinx. P. à Gunst sculpt.
[Rotterdam, Reinier Leers, c.1707.]
Fine engraving, 18th century watermark. 360 x 235mm (14¼ x 9¼"), large margins.
Circular portrait of James Hamilton (c.?1537-1609), 3rd Earl of Arran. He was proposed as a suitable husband for both Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I, but he had a mental breakdown aged thirty and was confined for the rest of his life, nearly fifty years. An illustration to Isaac de Larrey's 'L'Histoire de l'Angleterre'.
[Ref: 45007]  £90.00