"Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, half length, in an architectural oval, in profile to the left, dressed in parade armour with a plain collar over his gorget, a vignette below of a kneeling man accompanied by other gentlemen offering Cromwell, accompanied by his courtiers, a crown, a plumed helmet, axe, sword, and cornucopia below with sprigs of palm and oak, state before publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from text etched in image., Text below image: In the collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire., and Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1981,U.2044.
"Engraving of Oliver Cromwell. Bust length with long hair, plain collar, and armour. Within an oval border with coat of arms on a pedestal below. With English inscription below."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Initial letters "S" and "C" in artist's signature form a monogram., Frontispiece to an unidentified edition of: Kimber, I. The life of Oliver Cromwell ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title from bottom edge. Complete title from impression in the Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 602205., and Mounted on page 147 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.