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Listing Template 2018 Home About Us View Feedback Contact Us 1745 EDWARD III KING OF ENGLAND FRANCE Copper Engraving Portrait colour (RK12)Click image to enlargeDescription1745Original 18th Century copper engraving titled:'EDWARD III KING OF ENGLAND FRANCE- From an antient Painting in Windsor Castle'Drawn and engraved by George Virtue for Paul Rapin de Thoyras published by John Paul Knapton, London 1745. A larger format portrait with elaborate pictorial border. Fine hand colouring.Overall sizeapprox 23cm x 38.5cm.Once mounted and framed will look magnificent.Paul de Rapin (1661-1725)sieurof Thoyras (and therefore styled Thoyras de Rapin), was aFrenchhistorianwriting under English patronage. HisHistory of England, written and first published in French in 1724and#8211;27, was an influential exposition of theWhig view of historyon both sides of theEnglish Channel.The son of Jacques de Rapin, anavocatatCastres(Tarn), he was educated at theProtestantAcademy of Saumur, and in 1679 became anadvocate, but soon afterwards joined the army.The revocation of theEdict of Nantesin 1685, and the death of his father led him to move to England; but, unable to find work there, he went on to theNetherlandswhere he enlisted in a company of French volunteers atUtrecht, commanded by his cousin, Daniel de Rapin.He accompaniedWilliam IIIto England in 1688, and during theWilliamite war in Irelandhe took part in the Siege ofCarrickfergusand theBattle of the Boyne, and was wounded at theSiege of Limerick (1690).Soon afterwards he was promoted to captain; but in 1693 he resigned in order to become tutor to theEarl of Portland's son.[1]After travelling with the boy, he settled with his family (he married Marie-Anne Testart in 1699) in Holland, first atthe Hague, then, to save money, atWesel, in 1707.Shipping View Our Categories Decorative Prints World Wide Maps Scotland Maps Architecture Design England Maps Royalty About UsWe specialise in selling all items that can be considered to be Antique Paper. * PRINTS * MAPS * HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS * POSTAL HISTORY * BOOKS * POSTERS * STAMPS * POSTCARDS * EPHEMERA And anything else that is considered Antique and made of Paper. ALL OF OUR ITEMS ARE ORIGINAL ANTIQUES - NOT MODERN COPIES. We are also very keen buyers of anything similar and especially after better collections, original archives, whole libraries and better single items and have and#163;250,000 in cash funds at anyone time to buy the right items. Contact UsIf you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us through the eBay messaging system. Feedback We will always help you to have a 100% positive happy buying experience. Contact us if you are unhappy about any aspect of your purchase from us. We only want five star feedback from you so buy with confidence.…