James Girtin

James Girtin was an English artist known for his watercolors and drawings. This engraving shows the portrait of Leonard Bramer, a Dutch painter who specialized in history paintings. The image is framed with a decorative border composed of repeating patterns of squares, diamonds and crosses. The artist's name is presented below the portrait, with an inscription indicating his area of expertise and birth date, 1606. Girtin’s engravings often depicted historical figures and were popular in the 19th century.