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Paul de Rapin, Sieur de Thoyras

Also known as: Paul de Rapin, Sieur de Thoyras; primary name: Rapin de Thoyras, Paul de; other name: Rapin, Paul de; other name: Rapin-Thoyras, Paul de; other name: Thoyras, Paul de Rapin de
Details: individual; author/poet; French; Male
Life dates: 1661-1725
Biography: Author of a 'History of England', which was published by the Knapton brothers with enormous success in the 1730s, both in the original French and in English translation. Illustrations were commissioned for it from Houbraken (many of the borders being designed by Gainsborough) and Vertue.

327 related objects

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1935,0522.3.74 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1732

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1935,0522.3.92 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Title: Thomas Sackvill Earl of Dorset Birch's Heads |
Museum number: P,1.78 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1737

print; book-illustration

Title: Edward V King of England, France &c Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: G,9.121 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1948,0315.11.10 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Title: Thomas Sackvill Earl of Dorset Birch's Heads |
Museum number: 1841,1211.152 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1737

print; book-illustration

Title: K. Henry I. |
Museum number: 1873,0510.928 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1745

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.2383 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1733

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1948,0315.12.141 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1734

print; book-illustration

Museum number: G,3.173 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1733

print

Museum number: 1895,1031.742 |
Producer name: Print made by:Willem van der GouwenAfter:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1713-1720

print; album

Title: Usher Archbishop of Armagh Birch's Heads |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6682 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1738

print; book-illustration

Title: The Most Illustrious and Noble Prince George Duke of Albemarle... |
Museum number: 1874,1212.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert SheppardAfter:David Loggan |
Production date: 1735

print

Title: Birch's Heads |
Museum number: P,8.122 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Jonathan Richardson Senior |
Production date: 1746

print; book-illustration

Title: King Henry VII. Elizabeth of York. Q. of Engl. |
Museum number: O,7.16 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1732

print; book-illustration

Title: King Stephen Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: G,10.116 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Title: King Edward VI Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: 1935,0522.3.95 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1736

print; book-illustration

Title: Oliver Cromwell Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: 1935,0522.3.104 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Samuel Cooper |
Production date: 1736

print; book-illustration

Museum number: G,10.131 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1736

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1935,0522.3.84 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1734

print; book-illustration

Title: Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of England Scotland Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: P,4.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Samuel Cooper |
Production date: 1736

print; book-illustration

Title: The Most Illustrious and Noble Prince George Duke of Albemarle... |
Museum number: 1948,0315.5.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert SheppardAfter:David Loggan |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1935,0522.3.87 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1735

print; album

Title: Birch's Heads |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6767 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1745

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1935,0522.3.103 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1736

print; book-illustration

Title: James the Second, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland &c |
Museum number: 1874,1212.52 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert SheppardAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1732

print; book-illustration

Title: John Duke of Bedford Regent of France |
Museum number: 1935,0522.3.91 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1935,0522.3.105 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1736

print; book-illustration

Title: K Henry VI Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: O,7.13 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Title: K. John. |
Museum number: 1925,1231.120 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1733

print

Museum number: P,8.52 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1745

print; book-illustration

Title: K. Egbert the Great |
Museum number: 1874,1212.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giles KingPublished by:James Mechell |
Production date: 1733

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1935,0522.3.81 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1734

print; album

Title: Birch's Heads |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6760 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1745

print; book-illustration

Title: Elisabeth Pr. Pal. Queen of Bohemia. Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: G,6.131 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Gerard van Honthorst |
Production date: 1736

print

Title: Birch's Heads |
Museum number: 1948,0315.10.175 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1744

print

Title: Birch's Heads |
Museum number: P,7.133 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1744

print

Title: Birch's Heads |
Museum number: P,7.104 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1744

print

Title: Birch's Heads |
Museum number: P,8.258 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1745

print; book-illustration

Title: The Most Illustrious and Noble Prince George Duke of Albemarle... |
Museum number: 1980,U.1146 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert SheppardAfter:David Loggan |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Title: Thomas Sackvill Earl of Dorset Birch's Heads |
Museum number: 1858,0213.152 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1737

print; book-illustration

Title: The Honble Robert Boyle Birch's Heads |
Museum number: P,6.130 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Johannes Kerseboom |
Production date: 1739

print

Title: Mr Rapin de Thoyras... |
Museum number: 1948,0315.1.112 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gilles Edme PetitAfter:Pierre Bourdon |
Production date: 1730

print; book-illustration

Title: Egbert King of the West Saxons first Monarch of all England |
Museum number: 1848,1013.150 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1733

print; book-illustration

Title: K. Richard III |
Museum number: 1873,0510.942 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1745

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1935,0522.3.89 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Title: Edward the VIth, King of England, France and Ireland, &c. |
Museum number: 1874,1212.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert SheppardAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1733

print; book-illustration

Title: Henry Prince of Wales Eldest son of K. James I |
Museum number: P,1.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Isaac Oliver |
Production date: 1736

print; book-illustration

Title: K. Henry VII. |
Museum number: 1874,1212.38 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nathaniel ParrPublished by:James Mechell |
Production date: 1733

print; book-illustration

Title: John Locke Esq. Birch's Heads |
Museum number: P,8.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1738

print; book-illustration

Title: King Henry VII Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: 1848,0911.250 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1736

print; book-illustration

Title: Usher Archbishop of Armagh Birch's Heads |
Museum number: P,3.38 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1738

print; book-illustration

Title: Maria Scotoru Regina et Franciae Dotaria |
Museum number: O,7.231 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Daniel Mijtens I |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1977,U.249 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin IIAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1743-1747

print

Title: Birch's Heads |
Museum number: P,8.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1744

print; book-illustration

Title: Thomas Sackvill Earl of Dorset Birch's Heads |
Museum number: G,8.46 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1737

print; book-illustration

Title: Thomas Wolsey Cardinal and Archbishop of York &c. |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1681 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert SheppardPublished by:James Mechell |
Production date: 1733

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1935,0522.3.79 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1734

print

Title: Paulus von Rapin |
Museum number: 1894,0611.114 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Wilhelm StörAfter:Pierre Bourdon |
Production date: 1755

print; book-illustration

Museum number: G,2.92 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1733

print; book-illustration

Museum number: G,3.235 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1734

print; book-illustration

Title: Elisabeth Pr. Pal. Queen of Bohemia. Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: 1935,0522.3.102 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Daniel Mijtens I |
Production date: 1736

print

Title: Birch's Heads |
Museum number: P,8.102 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1745

print; book-illustration

Title: K. Edward V |
Museum number: 1948,0315.3.30 |
Producer name: BIOG46575 Print made by:James Smith |
Production date: 1733

print; book-illustration

Title: K. Stephen |
Museum number: 1948,0315.1.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:James SmithPublished by:James Mechell |
Production date: 1733

print; book-illustration

Title: Henry Lord Darnly K. of Scotland. Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: 1948,0315.9.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Lucas de Heere |
Production date: 1736

print; book-illustration

Title: K. James the 2d Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: G,4.187 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1736

print; book-illustration

Title: The Most Illustrious and Noble Prince George Duke of Albemarle... |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.28.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert SheppardAfter:David Loggan |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Title: Thomas Wolsey Cardinal and Archbishop of York &c. |
Museum number: 1874,1212.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert SheppardPublished by:James Mechell |
Production date: 1733

print; book-illustration

Title: K. James the 2d Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: P,7.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1736

print; book-illustration

Title: Elizabeth Queen of England, France, and Ireland, &c. |
Museum number: 1874,1212.44 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1733

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1935,0522.3.83 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Title: Mary the Second, Queen of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland &c |
Museum number: 1874,1212.54 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert SheppardAfter:Robert White |
Production date: 1733

print

Title: Birch's Heads |
Museum number: 1948,0315.10.182 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1745

print; book-illustration

Title: K Henry VI Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: G,9.120 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1735

print

Title: P. Rapin de Thoyras |
Museum number: 1850,0223.572 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1734

print; book-illustration

Title: Henry Lord Darnly K. of Scotland. Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: G,9.1885 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Lucas de Heere |
Production date: 1736

print

Title: The Monument of K. William Rufus in the Cathedral Church of Winchester |
Museum number: Y,8.110 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claude DuboscAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1743-1747

print; album

Title: William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle Birch's Heads |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6688 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1739

print; book-illustration

Title: K. Charles I |
Museum number: P,2.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1745

print; book-illustration

Title: King Edward VI Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: O,7.61 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; book-illustration

Title: K. Richard. |
Museum number: 1868,0822.2449 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1733

print; album

Title: John Locke Esq. Birch's Heads |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6717 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1738

print; book-illustration

Museum number: G,2.180 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1734

print; book-illustration

Title: James I Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: 1935,0522.3.100 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Paul van Somer I |
Production date: 1736

print; album

Title: Birch's Heads |
Museum number: Q,1.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:William Aikman |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Title: William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle Birch's Heads |
Museum number: P,2.224 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1739

print; book-illustration

Title: K. Henry IV. |
Museum number: 1873,0510.929 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1745

print; book-illustration

Title: K. Egbert the Great |
Museum number: 1873,0510.915 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1745

print; album

Title: Birch's Heads |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6765 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:William Aikman |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Title: K. Edward II. |
Museum number: 1873,0510.907 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1745

print; book-illustration

Title: Oliver Cromwell. |
Museum number: 1874,1212.49 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert SheppardAfter:Samuel Cooper |
Production date: 1733

print; book-illustration

Title: K. James I. |
Museum number: 1873,0510.933 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1745

print; book-illustration

Title: Richard III K of England Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famo |
Museum number: G,10.115 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Museum number: G,1.102 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1733

print; book-illustration

Museum number: G,7.143 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Isaac Oliver |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1935,0522.3.76 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1733

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,1214.221 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin IIAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1743-1747

print

Title: Birch's Heads |
Museum number: Q,1.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Arthur Pond |
Production date: 1746

print; book-illustration

Title: King Charles the First Kings |
Museum number: P,2.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1736

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