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Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, baron, 1645-1689 – Historic Reproduction

Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, baron, 1645-1689, 1827 June 1. — antique engraving
Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, baron, 1645-1689, 1827 June 1.. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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George Jeffreys, the first Baron Jeffreys of Wem, is shown here in an engraving by R.W. Smart after a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, published in London in 1827. Jeffreys served as Lord Chief Justice of England under James II and became notorious for the Bloody Assizes of 1685, the harsh series of treason trials held in the west of England after the Monmouth Rebellion. The print reproduces a portrait made about a century and a half before its publication, so it reflects how the judge was remembered in the early nineteenth century as much as how he looked in life. Kneller's original is the source of the likeness, and the engraving carries the image into the period's market for printed portraits of notable figures.

Created / published1827 June 1.
Medium1 print : engraving.
NotesEngraving by R.W. Smart after painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, published by Henry Colburn, London. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P I.; BI; Pub. Ind.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,205 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-156908

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