[Medal of Henry the 8th] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Medal of Henry the 8th] [graphic].
Alternative Title: Medal of Henry VIII
Published / Created: [not after 1797]
Publication Place: England?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Depiction of a large gold medal of Henry VIII. The obverse, with the king's titles in Latin around the edge and his head in profile at center, is shown at left. The reverse, with the king's titles listed in Hebrew and Greek and "Londini 1545" present below, is shown at right
Description: Title devised by curator.
Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in his extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole.
Horace Walpole kept an example of this medal in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill.
Mounted on page 88 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 5.4 x 13 cm
Language: Latin
Hebrew
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Genre: Woodcuts England 1797
Material: woodcut ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Medals
Subjects: Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Medals
England > 1797
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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