P.S excudit [Peter Stent, n.d., c.1660].
Etching. Sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed into image.
Carl X Gustav (1622-60), King of Sweden. He was in fact only the fourth King Carl: Carl IX ((1604-11) had read a fictitious history of Sweden before choosing his numeral. The publisher Peter Stent died of the plague in 1665; his widow sold his business to John Overton. Stent also published a reversed version of this portrait with the same date, title and wreath decorations.
[Ref: 53048] £65.00
Etching. Sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed into image.
Carl X Gustav (1622-60), King of Sweden. He was in fact only the fourth King Carl: Carl IX ((1604-11) had read a fictitious history of Sweden before choosing his numeral. The publisher Peter Stent died of the plague in 1665; his widow sold his business to John Overton. Stent also published a reversed version of this portrait with the same date, title and wreath decorations.
[Ref: 53048] £65.00