The reign of James I of England (VI of Scotland) is known as the Jacobean period. Printed sources of designs and motifs from Europe were plentiful and imports from as far away as Asia fired the imagination of designers. Luxury goods were rich in design and extravagant in material, while court architecture reflected a move towards a new, more restrained Classical style.
Miniature
About 1620-1625
John Hoskins
Watercolour on vellum put down on pasteboard
Museum no. P.27-1954
Engraving
Simon de Passe
1616
Engraving, ink on paper
Museum no. E.3113-1960
Miniature
Isaace Oliver
1616
Watercolour on vellum
Museum no. 721-1882
Print from the H Beard Print Collection
Copley Fielding (painter)
Valentine Green (engraver)
John Boydell (publisher)
1775
Mezzotint
Museum no. S.4426-2009