The imposture of the Holy Maid of Kent [graphic]

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Title: The imposture of the Holy Maid of Kent [graphic]
Creator: Taylor, Isaac, 1759-1829, printmaker
Contributor: Tresham, Henry, 1749?-1814, artist.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: June 1796.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Abstract: "Elizabeth Barton, lying back with breasts bare, in the arms of a man, who holds out her hand to put her mark to a confession which is being written out by a cleric who kneels in front of an altar to right, while a priest stands behind them, gesturing towards a statue of the Virgin and Child on the altar and urging her to state that her revelations were fabrications."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Plate [95] 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 [95] 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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