A remarkable piece of K. Edw. VI [graphic].

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Title: A remarkable piece of K. Edw. VI [graphic].
Alternative Title: Remarkable piece of King Edward VI
Published / Created: [not after 1797]
Publication Place: England
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: An English crown coin; on the left of the design, the obverse of the crowned bust of Edward VI facing right with his titles in Latin around the edge. The reverse, comprising the right half of the design, bears the king's arms and motto "TIMOR DOMINI FONS VITAE MDXLVII,"
Description: Title etched above image.
Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole.
"Dw. 20, gr. 3"--Below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Horace Walpole kept an example of this coin 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 3.8 x 7 cm
Language: English

Genre: Etchings England 1797
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Coins
British
Subjects: Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Coins > British
England > 1797
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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