Title Page for the Achievement of our Soveraigne King James
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
plate: 39.2 × 24.9 cm (15 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.14.1273.a-b
Art Historical Context
Behold the regal elegance of *Title Page for the Achievement of our Saigne King James*1611), an exquisite engraving by Jodocusius I, a Flemish master engraver and cartographer celebrated for his meticulous maps and prints. Measuring 39.2 × 24.9 cm, this plate captures the heraldic grandeur of King James I of England (r. 1603–1625), whose Stuart dynasty bridged Scotland and England in a turbulent era of unification and exploration. As a title page, it likely introduced a publication extolling the king's "achievement"—a term for his full coat of arms, symbolizing sovereignty, lineage, and divin...