
Henri d'Albret, grandfather to Henri IV, 1527.
Henri d'Albret, grandfather to Henri IV, 1527. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after Gaignieres from the Pauquet Brothers' Modes et Costumes Historiques (Historical Fashions and Costumes), Paris, 1865. Hippolyte (b. 1797) and Polydor Pauquet (b. 1799) ran a successful publishing house in Paris in the 19th century, specializing in illustrated books on costume, birds, butterflies, anatomy and natural history.
Credit
Science Museum London
Dimensions
4460 x 6463 pixels
Print Size @ 300 dpi
15 x 22 inches / 38 x 55 cm