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Paul Rycaut Esq.r late Consul of Smyrna; & Fellow of the Royall Societie.

Paul Rycaut Esq.r late Consul of Smyrna; & Fellow of the Royall Societie.

P. Lel’ Pinxit. R. White Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1679.]
Very fine engraving, sheet 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"). Trimmed to plate, glued on album sheet at edges.
Half-length portrait of historian Sir Paul Rycaut (1628-1700), in an oval on a pedestal, wearing long wig and cloak and with a coat of arms below. The portrait was the frontispiece to Rycaut's 'History of the Turkish Empire' (London, 1680), and his translation of Lorenzo Gracian's 'The Critick' (London, 1681).
O'Donoghue 1.
[Ref: 59513]  £180.00


 

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