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JOHN BAPTIST JACKSON (CIRCA 1701-CIRCA 1780) AFTER JUSTUS VAN EGMONT (1601-1674)
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JOHN BAPTIST JACKSON (CIRCA 1701-CIRCA 1780) AFTER JUSTUS VAN EGMONT (1601-1674)

Portrait of Algernon Sidney

Closed10 December 2019

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JOHN BAPTIST JACKSON (CIRCA 1701-CIRCA 1780) AFTER JUSTUS VAN EGMONT (1601-1674)
Portrait of Algernon Sidney
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in three shades of brown and ochre, circa 1717-80, on laid paper, without watermark, a good impression, printing with fine relief, trimmed to the subject on three sides, a small margin below, some minor staining and foxing, otherwise in good condition
Sheet 350 x 224 mm.

With Christopher Mendez, London.
Acquired from the above on 28 January 1999.

Specialist note

Algernon Sidney (1623-1663) was an English political theorist, Colonel of the Army, Member of Parliament and Ambassador to the Baltics. He opposed the execution of Charles I, but was later charged with treason against Charles II and himself executed.
His treatise Discourses Concerning Government was published posthumously in 1698 and became a crucial text for the American Revolution.