Frontispiece to The Compleat Ambassador

William Faithorne, Sr. (English, 1616–1691)

1655

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsPlatemark: 28.8 × 16.7 cm (11 5/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 29.2 × 17.4 cm (11 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.)
Mount: 35.4 × 24.3 cm (13 15/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession numberP9326

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InscriptionsIn plate, in banderole at left: Lo. Burleigh. In plate, in banderole at right: Sr. Fr. Walsingham. In plate, in cartouche at lower center: The / Compleat Ambassador: / or, two / Treaties of the intended marriage / of Qu: Elizabeth of Glorious memory; Comprised in / Letters of Negotiation of Sr. Fra: Walsingham (her res= / ident in France) together with the Answers of the / Lord Burleigh, the Earle of Leicester, Sr. Thomas / Smith, and others. / Faythfully Collected by the truly Honourable, / Sr.Dudley Diggs Kt. late Mr of the Rolls. / Sold by Ga: Bedell, and Tho: Collins, at the Middle Temple gate: / 1655 In plate, at lower right: Gu: Faythorne sculp: