Earl Rivers presenting his book & Caxton his printer to Edw. 4, the Queen & Prince ... [graphic]

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Title: Earl Rivers presenting his book & Caxton his printer to Edw. 4, the Queen & Prince ... [graphic]
Creator: Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
Contributor: Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Published / Created: [approximately 1758]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Publisher: Strawberry Hill Press
Abstract: "Edward IV, seated upon his throne, crowned and dressed in his robes of state, receiving Earl Rivers and Caxton, who kneel before him, Rivers presenting the king with a book, Richard, Duke of Gloucester with other courtiers standing by the throne, surrounded by a foliate border, text in a cartouche decorated with a gothic border."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from explanatory text below image.
Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved.
Frontispiece to: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges.
Mounted on page 63 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.
Provenance: Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 16.5 x 11 cm
Language: English

Genre: Book illustrations
Frontispieces
Etchings England London 1758
Engravings England London 1758
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483.
Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483.
Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492.
Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485.
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492.
Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483.
Subjects: Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483
Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483
Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492
Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492
Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483
England > London > 1758
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

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