Creator: Vertue, George, 1684–1756 / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: portrait

1. William Shakespeare

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1719
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 24 × 17 1/4 inches (61 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. James Craggs the Elder

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1728
Materials & Techniques:: Line and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 13/16 × 11 9/16 inches (40.2 × 29.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Ralph Cudworth

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 3 15/16 inches (16.4 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1732
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 × 10 7/8 inches (38.9 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Sir Matthew Hale

Creator:: Print made by George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving, and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 13/16 × 9 7/8 inches (37.6 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. James Craggs, the Younger

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 11 3/16 inches (38.4 × 28.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Sir Robert Harley

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1737
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 8 1/8 inches (32.7 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl of Mortimer

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and stipple on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 × 8 1/2 inches (35.7 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Johannes Potter, Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/16 × 11 3/4 inches (41.8 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Sir Thomas Rawlinson

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1719
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 15/16 × 11 7/8 inches (48.1 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Sir Philip Sidney

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 9 inches (36.5 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Edmund Spenser

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1727
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 9 15/16 inches (37.8 × 25.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Sir John Suckling

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1744
Materials & Techniques:: LIne engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 9 3/8 inches (38.4 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Sir William Temple

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: LIne engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 6 3/16 inches (26.8 × 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Right Honourable John Thurloe Esqr.

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/16 × 8 3/8 inches (33.8 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Frances Grey (née Brandon), Duchess of Suffolk and her Husband Adrian Strokes

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 23 7/16 inches (50.2 × 59.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. King Edward VI presenting the Charter for Bridewell to Sir George Barnes

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 9/16 × 25 3/4 inches (49.7 × 65.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Three Children of Henry VII and Elizabeth His Queen, Prince Arthur, Prince Henry and Princess Margaret

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 9/16 × 23 5/16 inches (49.7 × 59.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Lady Jane Grey

Creator:: after George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 × 23 5/8 inches (49.5 × 60 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Battle Array of Carberry Hill Near Edinburgh with the Surrender of Mary Queen of Scots

Creator:: after George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1738
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving, and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/4 × 23 3/16 inches (47.6 × 58.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. George Vertue

Creator:: Print made by George T Doo, 1800–1886
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving with chine collé on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches (24.5 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. George Vertue

Creator:: M. Gauci, 1810–1846
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with chine collé on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 15/16 x 12 11/16 inches (43.1 x 32.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Portrait of John Dixon, Facing Right

Creator:: Attributed to George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white chalk; verso: red chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 7 inches (22.9 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection