Vortigern and Rovena [graphic]

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Title: Vortigern and Rovena [graphic]
Alternative Title: Vortigern and Rowena
Creator: Delatre, Jean Marie, 1745-1840, printmaker
Contributor: Hamilton, William, 1751-1801, artist.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: July 1795.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery
Abstract: "The Briton Vortigern stepping forward on the right, amorously taking the hand of Rowena, the daughter of the Saxon leader Hengist, while the girl looks down modestly to left; in a palace with men sitting at table behind to left and standing under arches beyond; headpiece illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England', chapter XVII; with a plaque below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Plate [10] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Provenance: Gift of Francis B. Trowbridge to the Yale University Library, 1904. Transferred to Lewis Walpole Library, September 1965.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 48 x 33 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title: Plate [10] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the first artists in the country, illustrative of the history of England.
Collection / Other Creator: Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834
Collection Date: London : Printed for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall; by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1812.

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