Catherine Howard Queen of K. Henry VIII [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Catherine Howard Queen of K. Henry VIII [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Catherine Howard Queen of King Henry VIII
- Creator
- Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker
- Contributor
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Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543, artist.
John and Paul Knapton (Firm), publisher. - Published / Created
- [1739]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- John and Paul Knapton
- Abstract
-
"Portrait of Catherine Howard; half length, turned to the right and looking towards the viewer, her hands clasped, wearing French hood edged with pearls, and pearl necklace; in oval frame, with curtain falling to the left, partly covering Catherine's decapitated head which is seen lying next to an axe on the ground to right; a Spirit with a half-extinguished torch by his side sits beside the head."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from text in image.
Publisher and place of publication from the volume in which the print appeared.
Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue.
Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751].
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"In the collection of Mr. Richardson"--Below image.
Engraved after a painting that was afterwards acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill.
Mounted on page 174 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13.
1 print : engraving and etching on wove paper ; sheet 35.9 x 21.9 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire; August 1937. Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 36.4 x 23 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Book illustrations
Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1739
Etchings England London 1739 - Material
- engraving and etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Catherine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, -1542,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subjects
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Catherine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, -1542
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
England > London > 1739
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12792311
- Object ID (OID)
- 16733066
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