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Sr William Morice, Secretary of State to King Charles II'
Sir William Morice (1602 - 1676) was an English statesman and theologian. He served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department and a Lord of the Treasury from June 1660 to September 1668.
From Houbraken's series of portrait engravings which he set within elaborate cartouches. They were published by Knapton originally C1740, this impression is c1820.
Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) was a Dutch line engraver who is known best for this series of portraits.