[Medal of Henry VIII] [art original].

Description

Title: [Medal of Henry VIII] [art original].
Creator: Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1824]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of a large gold medal of King Henry VIII housed in the Library at Strawberry Hill. On the obverse is the King's head in profile surrounded by two circular rows of lettering; on the reverse is his titles in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin
Description: Title devised by curator.
Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record.
Date based on date of William Bawtree's death.
Mounted on page 99 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Provenance: Sotheby's 14 July 1924 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 183 to Spencer. Formerly owned by Kirgate's friend William Bawtree (1744-1824) engraver. Purchased from Spencer, June 1951, £100; ex dono Annie Burr Lewis.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 5.4 x 12 cm
Language: Latin
Greek, Modern (1453- )
Hebrew

Genre: Ink drawings British 19th century
Wash drawings British 19th century
Material: pen and ink with gray wash ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Medals
Subjects: Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Medals
British > 19th century
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: G.P. Harding, Medal of Henry VIII. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.