Edmund Lodge Portraits Illustrious Personalities engravings
Exquisite 1840s Antique Portrait Print
GEORGE CLIFFORD, EARL OF CUMBERLAND
Engraved by W. T. FRY
FROM THE ORIGINAL, IN THE
BODLEAN GALLERY, OXFORD
Published by THE LONDON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY
Approximate Portrait Image Area Size: 4 X 5 inches
Approximate Size With Decorated Border and vignettes: 6 X 7 1/2 inches
Approximate Overall Size with margins: 7 X 10 1/2 inches
Exquisite 1840s Steel Engraving - Lovely Antique Portrait Print - Musketeer type hat!
A beautiful elaborate fleur de lis scrollwork decorative border surrounds the image, with a tiny vignette at the top of the portrait image. The vignette may represent the family coat of arms or crest. The celtic like ornamental perimeter scrollwork surrounding the portrait is a beautiful work of art, typical of a John Tallis type production. A great historical portrait print for a genealogy buff looking for family heritage or royalty type prints.
CONDITION: Very Good Condition. Blank on Reverse side and printed heavier paper. A beautiful print, lovely work of art.
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland was the son of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland and Anne Dacre. He was born on 8 August 1558. He married Lady Margaret Russell, daughter of Sir Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford and Margaret St. John, on 24 June 1577. He died on 30 October 1605 at age 47.
He gained the title of 3rd Earl of Cumberland. George Clifford, earl of Cumberland, held Puerto Rico for five months in 1598, and the Dutch besieged the island in 1625. Spain's response was to build several fortresses (whose walls still stand) that made San Juan virtually impregnable. The bay of Puerto Rico, named by Ponce de León, who in 1508 founded a settlement at nearby Caparra. In 1521 the settlement was moved across the bay to San Juan's present site. Strongly fortified, it withstood attacks by English buccaneers in 1595 but succumbed for a few months in 1598 to George Clifford, earl of Cumberland, and was sacked by the Dutch in 1625. San Juan's port gained increasing importance during the 18th and 19th cent. U.S. troops occupied the city during the Spanish-American War in 1898.
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