FRAMED 1800s John Adam Houston Engraving The Death of Earl of Warwick SIGNED COA$334.00
FRAMED 1800s John Adam Houston Engraving The Death of Earl of Warwick SIGNED COA
$334.00
Artist: John Adam Houston (1812-1884)
Title: The Death of the Earl of Warwick
Medium: Antique engraving on wove paper after the original by master engraver Thomas Brown (British, 1663-1704, baptised in 1663)
Year: 1875
Signature: Signed in the plate
Condition: Excellent
Dimensions: Image size 7 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 16 x 19 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Warwick lying in the foreground, struggling to speak to the Duke of Somerset kneeling beside at left with hand on his shoulder, as the dying man attempts to reach to right; the Earl of Oxford standing behind remains alert, as battle continues behind. illustration to Act V, Scene ii, of Shakespeare’s ‘Henry VI, Part 3’;
John Adam Houston was a Scottish 19th Century painter who was born in 1812.John Adam Houston’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 13 USD to 87,264 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2002 the record price for this artist at auction is 87,264 USD for THE SHEIKH, sold at Sotheby’s London in 2020.The artist died in 1884.
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