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140 The LIFE of
did from the Arundel Colle&ion many Plates in
that and the following Years 1638, 1639. as may
eafily be obferved in the Catalogue of his Works,
as thofe Two Prints from an antient Altar-folding
Table reprefenting King Richard the Second kneel-
ing before his Patron Saints, infcribed to the King,
and copied from the Original, then in the Arundel
Collection, and now in Lord Pembroke1**.
1639. Alfo a Print of the Earl of Arundel on Horfe-
back; and great Numbers of other Plates.
As he grew in Efteem here, his Friends pro-
cur'd him the Honour (fome little Time before
the Civil Wars broke out) to teach the Prince the
Art of Drawing, and by this Means got into the
Service of the Royal Family *.
1640. In this Year he publifhed Twenty-fix Plates,
Omatus Muliebris, &c. Londini.
And the fine curious Cup, from a Defign of
Andrea Mantegna, preferved in the Arundel Col-
lection. . ' . .
In the next Year he did King Charles and his
Queen, and other Prints: Several from Vandyke's
Pictures.
It is certain he could not fo well enter into that
Matter's true Manner of Drawing, in his Grace
and Touches, as other Engravers, fome in England,
and others Abroad, who had fiudied his Way or
Manner of Drawing and Painting; for which
Reafon he could not obtain Vandyke's Recommen-
dation, nor that of his Admirers (which is no
d I believe it was Prince Charles^ having feen a fmall Pocket
Book, with Silver Clafps mounting the Arms or Badge of the
Prince of Wales^ the Crown and Feathers: Within this Book
are feveral Drawings, Parts of the Face and Heads to begin to
iearn from, with Hollar's own Hand-writing; which Book was
in the Pofleflion of the Right Hon, the Earl of Oxford,
ftrange
did from the Arundel Colle&ion many Plates in
that and the following Years 1638, 1639. as may
eafily be obferved in the Catalogue of his Works,
as thofe Two Prints from an antient Altar-folding
Table reprefenting King Richard the Second kneel-
ing before his Patron Saints, infcribed to the King,
and copied from the Original, then in the Arundel
Collection, and now in Lord Pembroke1**.
1639. Alfo a Print of the Earl of Arundel on Horfe-
back; and great Numbers of other Plates.
As he grew in Efteem here, his Friends pro-
cur'd him the Honour (fome little Time before
the Civil Wars broke out) to teach the Prince the
Art of Drawing, and by this Means got into the
Service of the Royal Family *.
1640. In this Year he publifhed Twenty-fix Plates,
Omatus Muliebris, &c. Londini.
And the fine curious Cup, from a Defign of
Andrea Mantegna, preferved in the Arundel Col-
lection. . ' . .
In the next Year he did King Charles and his
Queen, and other Prints: Several from Vandyke's
Pictures.
It is certain he could not fo well enter into that
Matter's true Manner of Drawing, in his Grace
and Touches, as other Engravers, fome in England,
and others Abroad, who had fiudied his Way or
Manner of Drawing and Painting; for which
Reafon he could not obtain Vandyke's Recommen-
dation, nor that of his Admirers (which is no
d I believe it was Prince Charles^ having feen a fmall Pocket
Book, with Silver Clafps mounting the Arms or Badge of the
Prince of Wales^ the Crown and Feathers: Within this Book
are feveral Drawings, Parts of the Face and Heads to begin to
iearn from, with Hollar's own Hand-writing; which Book was
in the Pofleflion of the Right Hon, the Earl of Oxford,
ftrange