Catharine of Arragon, Queen of K. Henry VIII [graphic]

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Title: Catharine of Arragon, Queen of K. Henry VIII [graphic]
Alternative Title: Catherine of Aragon
Creator: Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker
Contributor: Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543, artist.
John and Paul Knapton (Firm), publisher.
Published / Created: 1744.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Impensis I. & P. Knapton, Londini
Abstract: "Portrait of Louise de Savoie (but falsely named Catherine of Aragon), bust directed to right, wearing a dark head-dress; in an ornamental oval on a pedestal; a cartouche below showing Catherine of Aragon in front of the papal legate."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text in image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"In the collection of the Honble. Horace Walpole"--Below image.
Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751].
Mounted on page 99 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 37.6 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Book illustrations
Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1744
Etchings England London 1744
Material: engraving and etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Subject (Name): Louise, de Savoie, duchesse d'Angoulême, 1476-1531,
Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Art collections
Queens
Subjects: Louise, de Savoie, duchesse d'Angoulême, 1476-1531
Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Art collections
Queens > England
England > London > 1744
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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