Property of a lady English 18th Century Johannes Kip An ori...

Hammer

£500

Property of a lady

English
18th Century
Johannes Kip
An original engraving of The Royal Hospitall at Chelsey (c. 1720)
Copper engraving
Two sheets joined

“To the Right Hon.ble Sr. Stephen Fox Kn.t Soley Employ'd by King Charles the Second to take care and build the Royal Hospital at Chelsea for ye Superanuated and Indigent Officers & Soldiers towards which, he gave the Ground and a third part of his Office of paymaster to the Army which he then Enjoyed, and Carryed on the Work with Constant Payments.”

Dimensions:
(Paper) 20.3 in. (H) x 35 in. (W)
(Frame) 25 in. (H) x 40 in. (W)