Robert Vaughan
Robert Vaughan (c. 1600 – c. 1660) was an English engraver.
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Robert Vaughan
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- Name
- Robert Vaughan
- Birthplace
- c. 1600
- Died
- c. 1660
- Occupation
- Engraver Robert Vaughan (c. 1600 – c. 1660) was an English engraver.
- Born
- 1600.
- Nationality
- England and United Kingdom.
- Fields
- portrait.
- Languages
- English.
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Robert Vaughan (c. 1600 – c. 1660) was an English engraver.
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The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is line engraving, cartography and bookplate. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Robert Vaughan is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art and National Portrait Gallery.
'The English Gentleman. Richard Brathwaite by Robert Vaughan. A page from Brathwait's book that displays the qualities associated with being a gentleman. Line engraving, published in 1630. 6 3/4 in. x 4 5/8 in. (172 mm x 119 mm) paper size. Reference
Robert Vaughan (circa 1600 - 1660) · National Portrait Gallery
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• Name — Robert Vaughan • Birthplace — c. 1600 • Died — c. 1660 • Occupation — Engraver Robert Vaughan (c. 1600 – c. 1660) was an English engraver.
Biography
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Vaughan was born circa 1600. The National Portrait Gallery states that Vaughan was a "versatile line engraver, producing portraits, maps, bookplates, series of prints and the occasional broadsheet." He engraved the Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum. Vaughan was an acquaintance of Thomas Vaughan. Robert was a supporter of the Royalists during the English Civil War. He was indicted in 1651 for publishing a print of King Charles I, who had recently been executed. Vaughan died circa 1660.
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