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Robert Vaughan

(circa 1600-circa 1660), Artist

Sitter in 4 portraits
Artist associated with 77 portraits
A versatile line engraver, producing portraits, maps, bookplates, series of prints and the occasional broadsheet. His portraits ranged from leaders such as Sir Francis Drake to contemporaries, including the lawyer Sir George Croke. Vaughan may have been interested in alchemical magic: Elias Ashmole's Theatrum chemicum Britannicum (1652), an anthology of poems on alchemy, is illustrated with Vaughan's engravings, and throughout his working life he was associated with the alchemist poet Thomas Vaughan. In 1651, Vaughan, a royalist supporter during the civil wars, was indicted by the Commonwealth authorities for publishing a portrait print of the recently executed King, Charles I.

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Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh), by Robert Vaughan, after  Simon de Passe - NPG D21170

Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh)

by Robert Vaughan, after Simon de Passe
line engraving, published 1650 (1617)
NPG D21170

Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh), by Robert Vaughan, after  Simon de Passe - NPG D21171

Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh)

by Robert Vaughan, after Simon de Passe
line engraving, published 1650 (1617)
NPG D21171

Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh), by Robert Vaughan, after  Simon de Passe - NPG D21172

Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh)

by Robert Vaughan, after Simon de Passe
line engraving, published 1650 (1617)
NPG D21172

Abraham Woofe, by Robert Vaughan - NPG D29231

Abraham Woofe

by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, published 1653
NPG D29231

Abraham Woofe, by Robert Vaughan - NPG D29232

Abraham Woofe

by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, published 1653
NPG D29232

Sir George Wharton, 1st Bt, by Robert Vaughan, published by  James Crumpe, after  Unknown artist - NPG D31575

Sir George Wharton, 1st Bt

by Robert Vaughan, published by James Crumpe, after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1654
NPG D31575

Edward Terry, by Robert Vaughan - NPG D28830

Edward Terry

by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, published 1655
NPG D28830

Edward Terry, by Robert Vaughan - NPG D28831

Edward Terry

by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, published 1655
NPG D28831

Thomas Willsford, by Robert Vaughan - NPG D33243

Thomas Willsford

by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, published 1656 or 1658
NPG D33243

Thomas Willsford, by Robert Vaughan - NPG D33244

Thomas Willsford

by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, published 1656 or 1658
NPG D33244

John Frost, by Robert Vaughan - NPG D28866

John Frost

by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, published 1657
NPG D28866

John Frost, by Robert Vaughan - NPG D28871

John Frost

by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, published 1657
NPG D28871

Samson Lennard, by Robert Vaughan - NPG D28035

Samson Lennard

by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, published 1658
NPG D28035

Thomas Willsford, by Robert Vaughan - NPG D29123

Thomas Willsford

by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, published 1658
NPG D29123

Samson Lennard, by Robert Vaughan - NPG D20461

Samson Lennard

by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, published 1658
NPG D20461

Sir George Croke, by Robert Vaughan - NPG D26956

Sir George Croke

by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, circa 1661
NPG D26956

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