Bidspirit auction | Three Copperplate Engraved Portrait Prints,

Three Copperplate Engraved Portrait Prints, Jacob Houbraken - Jacob Houbraken, Three 18th Century Copperplate Engraved Portrait Prints. Portraits include Daniel Finch, Earl of Nottingham; Francis Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford; and Robert Bertie, Earl of Lindsey. Engraved by Jacob Houbraken (1698-1780) after earlier portrait painters including Sir Godfrey Kneller and Cornelius Johnson. From Thomas Birch's Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Amsterdam, plates dated 1740-1742. Each, as framed, approximately 18.75H x 13.0W in. Image area approximately 13.5H x 8.375W in. Provenance: From the private collection of Joel Rothschild.