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10. [King Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1728 and 1729]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- King Henry VIII leads Anne Boleyn towards the throne. A melancholy Cardinal Wolsey leans his head in his hand as he glances sideways toward the couple. In the background Katherine of Aragon sitting in another throne, turns away from the couple to converse with Anne's former lover, Lord Percy. A young page carries the train of Anne's dress as she enters the palace
- Alternative Title:
- Here struts old pious Harry, once the great reformer of the English church and state ...
- Description:
- Title from Paulson: King Henry the Eighth and Anne Bullen., Added title from the first two lines from first of the seven couplets in three columns below image., Printmaker, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., Imperfect impresson; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text and image along right side., The subject alludes to the perceived threat to the political supremacy of Robert Walpole (here represented by Wolsey) at the accession of George II. The composition echoes the traditional iconography of the popular story of Fair Rosamond and Henry II. See O'Connell, S. The popular print in England, 1999, p. 20., Ms. note in Steevens's hand below print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit p. 167., and On page 50 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed to: 49.3 x 37.3 cm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536., Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., and Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Cardinals, Castles & palaces, Ceremonial rooms, Children, Couples, Kings, Nobility, Queens, Reception rooms, and Thrones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [King Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn] [graphic].
11. [Seals from 1287 to 1526] [art original].
- Creator:
- Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1793]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 142 793D
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 398.1. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of sixteen seals, in four rows of four, each identifiying text below
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 398.1 in volume 2 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
- Subject (Name):
- Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377., Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471., Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., and Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307.
- Subject (Topic):
- Seals (Insignia)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Seals from 1287 to 1526] [art original].
12. [Seals] [art original].
- Creator:
- Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1793]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 142 793D
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 398.3. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of two seals, one above the other. The top seal shows Henry VIII on a throne holding the globus cruciger in his left hand and a dagger in his right hand; he is flanked by two armorial shields surmounted by crowns, and Latin text runs along the circular border of the seal. The bottom a seal of the Archbishop of York with Saint Peter holding a key and Saint Paul with a sword under the arches of a building and with Cardinal Thomas Wosley's coat of arms (in reverse) below identified by text in Latin encircling the border
- Alternative Title:
- Ego et rex meus
- Description:
- Title devised by curator; alternative title written in ink., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 398.3 in volume 2 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
- Subject (Topic):
- Seals (Insignia), Coats of arms, Kings, and Clergy
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Seals] [art original].
13. [Wives of Henry the Eighth] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Jagger, Charles, 1770-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 1796.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 812 B68
- Collection Title:
- Plate [90] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of the wives of Henry VIII on ribbons held by an angel in clouds at top, another behind holding crown aloft."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Wives of Henry VIII
- Description:
- Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [90] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
- Subject (Name):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, Jane Seymour, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1509?-1537,, Catherine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, -1542,, Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536,, Anne, of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1515-1557,, and Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Wives of Henry the Eighth] [graphic]
