Lot 653: Richard Dalton 1715-1791- "Edward VI"; originally

Richard Dalton 1715-1791- "Edward VI"; originally published circa 1770s, engraving after After Hans Holbein, the Younger 1497/1498-1543, together with nine further engravings from Portraits of Illustrious Personages of the Court of Henry VIII to include "Thom: Wiatt Knight; Fitz William Earl of Southampton; Edward Stanley Earle of Darbey; Judge More:Sr Thom: Mores Father; Phil: Melanchton" and others, 50x37cm, ea, in matching Hogarth frames. Note: Queen Caroline (1683-1737), found the original Holbien drawings in a bureau at Kensington Palace and asked Richard Dalton (Keeper of the King's drawings and medals) to have them copied and published. When Chamberlain took over Dalton's position in 1791 he also inherited the project. Chamberlain edited and published a folio edition of Holbein's work in 1792, printed and issued in parts over the next eight years by William Bulmer and Company, at the Shakespeare Printing-Office. For the 1792 edition, Chamberlaine called on Francesco Bartolozzi RA (1725-1815), to prepare a set of prints. Bartolozzi had developed his own technique of stipple engraving with printed colour to reproduce the look of the chalk drawings. The folio edition of Illustrious Personages was such a success that a large quarto edition was prepared in 1812. (10)