Edwy and Elgiva [graphic]

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Title: Edwy and Elgiva [graphic]
Creator: Taylor, Isaac, 1759-1829, printmaker
Contributor: Hamilton, William, 1751-1801, artist.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: March 10, 1794.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery
Abstract: "St Dunstan reproving Eadwig on the day of his consecration as king for dallying with a woman, the future Queen Aelfgifu, pointing to right towards nobles sitting around a table on the right while a monk tries to pull the young king away physically; after Hamilton; illustration to Hamilton's 'History of England'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Plate [17] 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 [17] 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.

Genre: Historical reenactments
Engravings England London 1794
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Edwy, King of England, -959,
Aelfgifu, Queen, consort of Edwy, King of England, active 956,
Dunstan, Saint, 909-988,
Subjects: Edwy, King of England, -959
Aelfgifu, Queen, consort of Edwy, King of England, active 956
Dunstan, Saint, 909-988
England > London > 1794

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