Earl Rivers presenting his book & Caxton his printer to Edw. 4, the Queen & Prince ... [graphic]

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Title
Earl Rivers presenting his book & Caxton his printer to Edw. 4, the Queen & Prince ... [graphic]
Creator
Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
Contributor
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Published / Created
[approximately 1758]
Publication Place
Twickenham
Publisher
Strawberry Hill Press
Abstract

"Edward IV, seated upon his throne, crowned and dressed in his robes of state, receiving Earl Rivers and Caxton, who kneel before him, Rivers presenting the king with a book, Richard, Duke of Gloucester with other courtiers standing by the throne, surrounded by a foliate border, text in a cartouche decorated with a gothic border."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from explanatory text below image.
Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved.
Frontispiece to: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges.
Mounted on page 67 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 15.7 x 10.5 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printmaker's signature from bottom edge.
Provenance
Spencer, ex dono Annie Burr Lewis; June 1933. Sotheby's 14 July 1924 (Miscellaneous sale), lot 183 to Spencer. Formerly owned by Kirgate's friend William Bawtree (1744-1824) engraver.
Extent
1 print : sheet 16.5 x 11 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 33 30 Copy 4

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Book illustrations
Frontispieces
Etchings England London 1758
Engravings England London 1758
Material
etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483.
Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483.
Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492.
Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485.
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492.
Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483.
Subjects
Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483
Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483
Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492
Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492
Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483
England > London > 1758
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12701889
Object ID (OID)
16193420

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