King James I of England and VI of Scotland. Engraving by G. Vertue, ca. 1732, after P. van Somer.

  • Somer, Paul van, approximately 1576-1621.
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[1732]
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Head and shoulders, in a frame decorated with intertwined guilloches, surmounted by a crown and three shields with motto "Beati pacifici" (from the gospel of Saint Matthew 5.9, "Beati pacifici quoniam filii Dei vocabuntur"). Below, orb, sceptre etc. with motto "Regere imperio populos" (from Virgil, Aeneid VI, "tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento")

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[London] : [J. & P. Knapton], [1732]

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 29.7 x 19.4 cm

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James I. King of Great Britain France and Ireland. Defender of the Faith &c. An original painting in the palace of Hampton Court. Paulus Vansomer p. ; G. Vertue sculp.

References note

Freeman O'Donoghue, Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, London 1910, vol. 2, p. 616, James I no. 20
David Alexander, 'George Vertue as an engraver', The Walpole Society, 2008, 70: 207-517, no. 742 (as dated to 1721)

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