Publication Date: 1880
Seller: The Online Portrait Gallery, Den Haag, Netherlands
No Binding. Condition: Good. Portrait of William Phips. Born 2 February 1651 in Woolwich, Maine, United States of America. Died 18 February 1695 in London, England. Wood engraving after Alfred Rudolph Waud (1828-1891), c. 1880. Good condition. Short margins. Verso: English text. Mounted onto a slightly later album leaf. Note: dimensions reflect the entire leaf, excluding the mount. Note: portrayed while raising the sunken treasure in 1686. Dimensions: 102 x 82 mm. William Phips was Governor, Captain, Shipwright, Shepherd, Colonial Governor, Treasure hunter, The first New England native to be knighted, The first royally appointed governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and "The New England Knight". c. 1880. Print.