Collection of engravings and etchings, 17th - 19th century, ...

Hammer

£80

Collection of engravings and etchings, 17th - 19th century, to include 1662 engraving (Portrait of Mildmay Fane, half length to right in an oval wreath, short beard and moustache, wearing cap, collar and sash; curtain to the left, and map of part of Lincolnshire on the right, below a monogram; at top, banderole with motto 'Patriae causa principis iusse semper in utrumq(ue) paratus; in lower left spandrel, troops being led by men on horseback; in lower right spandrel, a town with breached walls against which rest ladders; coat of arms in lower margin, with motto 'Neville Fano'

Recently acquired by British museum due to 'secret' map in background