Robert Vaughan
(circa 1600-circa 1660), ArtistSitter 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.
by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, circa 1661
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by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, circa 1661
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by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, circa 1661
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by John Dunstall, after Robert Vaughan
etching, published 1683
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by John Dunstall, after Robert Vaughan
line engraving, published 1683 (1653)
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Sir Thomas Littleton (Lyttleton)
after Robert Vaughan
etching and line engraving, circa 1684
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by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, circa 1661, published circa 1685-1688
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by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, circa 1661, published circa 1685-1688
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by Remigius Parr, after Robert Vaughan
line engraving, mid 18th century
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after Robert Vaughan, published by John Thane
line engraving, late 18th to early 19th century
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Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford
after Robert Vaughan
line engraving, late 18th to early 19th century
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after Robert Vaughan
line engraving, possibly early 19th century
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Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, 1st Bt
after Robert Vaughan
pencil, possibly early 19th century
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Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, 1st Bt
published by Edward Baldwyn, after Robert Vaughan
line engraving, published 1813
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by Charles Pye, published by W. Walker, after George Clint, after Robert Vaughan
line engraving, published 1 January 1823
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by Charles Pye, published by W. Walker, after George Clint, after Robert Vaughan
line engraving, published 1 January 1823
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George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland
by Robert Vaughan
line engraving, circa 1618-1621
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