The figure of Caxton from the illumination at Lambeth [art original].

Description

Title: The figure of Caxton from the illumination at Lambeth [art original].
Published / Created: [not after 1806]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Portrait of William Caxton, full-length, facing right, down on one knee; head tilted slightly upwards, hands open in front of him; wearing a black robe
Description: Title written in ink below image, on mounting page.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Date of production based on death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted.
Mounted opposite page 80 in volume 1, part 1 of Richard Bull's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. London : R. and J. Dodsley [etc.], 1759 [i.e. 1758].
Provenance: Bought from Dobell by W.S. Lewis, 1928?
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 14.1 x 9 cm, mounted to 49 x 36 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 24 10 Copy 2
Collection Title: Volume 1, part 1, opposite page 80. Catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Collection Date: London : R. and J. Dodsley [etc.], 1759 [i.e. 1758].

Genre: Portraits
Portraits British 18th century
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor with wash-line mount ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492
Lambeth Palace.
Subjects: Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492 > Portraits
Lambeth Palace
British > 18th century
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: The Figure of Caxton from the Illumination at Lambeth. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.