Duke of Norfolk Thomas Howard [graphic]

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Description

Title
Duke of Norfolk Thomas Howard [graphic]
Creator
Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker
Contributor
Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543, attributed name.
Mor, Anthonis, approximately 1517-1576 or 1577, artist.
John and Paul Knapton (Firm), publisher.
Published / Created
[not before 1735]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
John and Paul Knapton
Abstract

"Portrait of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a feathered beret and collar of the Order of St Michel; in an architectural oval with draped curtain beyond and cartouche below; a weeping putto seated next to an axe and resting his hand on a crown below."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from text in image.
Early state, before Mor's name was replaced by Holbein's in statement of responsibility. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Publisher and place of publication from the volume in which the print appeared.
Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751].
"In the collection of Mr. Richardson"--Below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Engraved after a painting that was afterwards acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill.
Mounted on page 137 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 36.6 x 23 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Book illustrations
Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1735
Material
engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, Duke of, 1538-1572,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, Duke of, 1538-1572
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
England > London > 1735
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
13232152
Object ID (OID)
16193185

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