"Portrait of Margaret of Anjou, half-length, turned to the right, her eyes downcast, a crown over her long straight hair, dressed in an embroidered robe and mantle pinned with jewelled brooches."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., and Mounted on page 77 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:
Pub. Feb. 7, 1792, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Margaret of Anjou, half-length, turned to the right, her eyes downcast, a crown over her long straight hair, dressed in an embroidered robe and mantle pinned with jewelled brooches."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 101 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 : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; sheet 16 x 11.9 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 7, 1792, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The marriage of Henry VI, the king in an embroidered robe with a halo about his head standing to the left holding the hand of his bride, Margaret of Anjou dressed in a long gown and cloak, a tiara on her head, a bishop officiating at the ceremony binding the couple's hands, male nobles and attendants standing behind the king and female maids standing behind the princess, Westminster Abbey beyond with statues of kings and saints, an arch supported by two columns to the foreground acting as a border."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Henry VI and Marriage of Henry the Sixth
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole over the chimney in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 76 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., 1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 15.4 x 13.3 cm, and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471,, Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The marriage of Henry VI, the king in an embroidered robe with a halo about his head standing to the left holding the hand of his bride, Margaret of Anjou dressed in a long gown and cloak, a tiara on her head, a bishop officiating at the ceremony binding the couple's hands, male nobles and attendants standing behind the king and female maids standing behind the princess, Westminster Abbey beyond with statues of kings and saints, an arch supported by two columns to the foreground acting as a border."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Henry VI and Marriage of Henry the Sixth
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole over the chimney in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 101 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 : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 14.2 x 11.5 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471,, Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)