Queen Eleanor. Henry IIId taken from an ancient window in the church of Bexhill in Sussex. [graphic]

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Title: Queen Eleanor. Henry IIId taken from an ancient window in the church of Bexhill in Sussex. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Henry IIId
Contributor: Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Published / Created: [ca. 1762]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Publisher: Strawberry Hill Press
Abstract: "Representations of Henry III and Queen Eleanor, taken from a stained glass window originally in Bexhill; the king and queen shown three quarter length, under gothic tracery, wearing crowns, with architectural details behind them."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued.
Frontispiece to: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780], v. 1.
"Frontispiece to vol. I"--Upper right corner.
Mounted on page 176 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.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 17 x 12.8 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.1 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Group portraits
Book illustrations
Frontispieces
Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1762
Material: etching ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
Eleanor, of Provence, Queen, consort of Henry III, King of England, 1223 or 1224-1291
Subject (Topic): Stained glass
Subjects: Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272 > Portraits
Eleanor, of Provence, Queen, consort of Henry III, King of England, 1223 or 1224-1291 > Portraits
Stained glass
England > London > 1762
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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