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| Id |
20449 |
| Category |
artwork |
| Author / Composer |
VERTUE, George (1684-1756) |
| Title |
King Henry VIII, From a Painting in the Royal Gallery at Kensington. [Line engraving]. |
| Place |
[London] |
| Publisher |
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| Publication Date |
[ca 1735] |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
395 x 237mm. |
| Description |
Single sheet. Line engraving by Vertue after Hans Holbein the younger (1497/8-1543). Small marginal tear outside the platemark. Henry VIII is depicted bust length with beard, plumed jewelled cap, jewelled collar, embroidered robes, and mantle. Within an oval border with ornament above, and with a scene of his reign below. With English inscription. A plate from the second edition of Rapin de Thoyras and Nicolas Tindal's History of England (1732-33), also reissued in The Heads of the Kings of England, Proper for Mr. Rapin's History (1736). |
| Reference |
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| Price |
£75.00 |
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