Depiction of a large gold medal of Henry VIII. The obverse, with the king's titles in Latin around the edge and his head in profile at center, is shown at left. The reverse, with the king's titles listed in Hebrew and Greek and "Londini 1545" present below, is shown at right
Alternative Title:
Medal of Henry VIII
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in his extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Horace Walpole kept an example of this medal in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 88 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Volume 1, page 60. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of a bust statue of a man, with Greek lettering on its base
Description:
Title devised by curator., Artist unidentified., Date from pencil annotation "-Re-1743-" beneath image, which may represent the production date of the drawing., and Mounted on page 60 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
