The death of Cardinal Woolsey [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The death of Cardinal Woolsey [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Death of Cardinal Wolsey
- Creator
- Knight, Charles, 1743-1827?, printmaker
- Contributor
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Lock, William, 1767-1847, artist.
Knight, Charles, 1743-1827?, publisher. - Published / Created
- [1 March 1797]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published March 1, 1797, by C. Knight at Mr. Bradshaw's, Brewer Street, Golden Square
- Abstract
-
"Wolsey lying on a couch to left, his crook and cardinal's hat beside him, hands clasped in prayer and looking glumly downwards, wearing a cape, skull-cap and robe, attended by barefoot religious on the right, one pointing up to heaven, another taking down his words, another holding a book and chalice, light streaming onto the couch from a window in the upper centre."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
"See Gilpins Tour to the lakes, page 248"--Below title.
Quotation and reference etched below image in lower left: Oh! if I had served my God as I have served my King, he would not thus have forsaken me in adversity. Rapin.
French translation of Rapin quotation etched below image in lower right.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on page 256 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.
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 40.5 x 52 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Reproductions
Historical reenactments
Stipple engravings England London 1797
Etchings England London 1797 - Material
- stipple engraving and etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530,
- Subjects
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Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530
England > London > 1797
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > 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
- 12826427
- Object ID (OID)
- 16733147
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