Fisher, Bishop of Rochester [graphic]

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Title: Fisher, Bishop of Rochester [graphic]
Creator: Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker
Contributor: Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543, artist.
John and Paul Knapton (Firm), publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1738 and 1742]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: John and Paul Knapton
Abstract: "Portrait of John Fisher, bust-length, in an oval lettered with the title and surmounted by the papal tiara and crossed keys, dressed in a fur-trimmed chimere over his rochet with a Canterbury cap on his head, his decapitated head, a mitre and a child carrying a galero below to the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text in image.
Publisher from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved.
Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,68.90.
Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751].
"In the collection of Mr. Richardson"--Below image.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 36.7 x 23 cm, on sheet 38.4 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Book illustrations
Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1738
Material: engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fisher, John, Saint, 1469-1535,
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745
Subject (Topic): Art collections
Subjects: Fisher, John, Saint, 1469-1535
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745 > Art collections
England > London > 1738
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

Access: Public
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