Marriage of Henry 6th [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Marriage of Henry 6th [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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Marriage of Henry VI
Marriage of Henry the Sixth - Creator
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Contributor
- Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1762]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Publisher
- Strawberry Hill Press
- Abstract
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"The marriage of Henry VI, the king in an embroidered robe with a halo about his head standing to the left holding the hand of his bride, Margaret of Anjou dressed in a long gown and cloak, a tiara on her head, a bishop officiating at the ceremony binding the couple's hands, male nobles and attendants standing behind the king and female maids standing behind the princess, Westminster Abbey beyond with statues of kings and saints, an arch supported by two columns to the foreground acting as a border."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared.
Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780].
Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole over the chimney in the Library at Strawberry Hill.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on page 101 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13.
1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 14.2 x 11.5 cm.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire; August 1937. Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 14.3 x 13 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Book illustrations
Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1762
Etchings England London 1762 - Material
- etching and engraving with stipple ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471,
Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
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Royal weddings
Art collections - Subjects
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Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471
Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482
Royal weddings
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Art collections
England > London > 1762
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
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12716252
- Object ID (OID)
- 16729700
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