Title Plate to John Hayward, Life and Reigne of King Edward the Sixth

About this work

This print shows a man in a fur collar framed by two standing figures. The man’s face is front and center, with a crown above him. Behind him is a coat of arms, and the words around him say things like "France and Ireland" and "the true portraiture of forward." The two figures on the sides each hold a scroll—one labeled "Majesty," the other "Power." The print is the title page for a book about King Edward VI, published in 1630. The artist, Robert Vaughan, used fine lines to create shadows and texture, a technique called cross-hatching. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with just lines.