[Copies of limnings in the Harleian manuscript of John Lydgate's Life of King Edmund and others on vellum from a manuscript of Froissart's Chronicle] [art original].

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Title: [Copies of limnings in the Harleian manuscript of John Lydgate's Life of King Edmund and others on vellum from a manuscript of Froissart's Chronicle] [art original].
Published / Created: [not before 1720?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Nine drawings, four copies of drawings of limnings in the Harleian copy of John Lydgate's Life of King Edmund and five drawings, four on vellum, from Froissart's Chronicle, mounted on leaves and bound in old vellum. Most drawings with contemporary captions on versos
Description: Title from Hazen catalogue.
Date based on date of acquisition of the original manuscript (Harley 2278) by Robert Harley: "16 die Augusti A. D. 1720".
Now mounted on leaves in an old vellum binding. Bookplate 1. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Provenance: Strawberry Hill Sale (1842), viii.13 to Rodd [London, 1122]; offered in Strong's Catalogue for 1843, lot 935; Fletcher, 13 April 1846 (J. Britton Sale, Part 4), lot 1522, to Smither; Sotheby's, 4 February 1847 (Strong Sale), lot 1338, to Miller; Sotheby's, 3 June 1946 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 128, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis. Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day vii, lot 13 to Rodd, £2 [London, 1122]; offered in Stong's Catalogue for 1843, lot 935, for £3.10.0; Fletcher, 13 April 1846 (J. Britton Sale, Part 4), lot 1522, to Smither, £1.19.0; Sotheby's, 4 February 1847 (Strong Sale), lot 1338, to Miller, 12/-; Sotheby's, 3 June 1946 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 128. Maggs, for W.S. Lewis,
Extent: 1 album (9 drawings) : binding 23 x 37.5 cm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 49 3505

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Watercolors British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)
Material: 8 opaque watercolors, 1 pen and wash ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Edmund, King of East Anglia, 841-870.
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?
Subject (Topic): Martyrs
Subjects: Edmund, King of East Anglia, 841-870
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?
Martyrs
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Bookplate

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Citation: Copies of Limnings in the Harleian Manuscript of John Lydgate's Life of King Edmund. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 9939982
Object ID (OID): 15811609