Charles II in the forest of Boscobel [graphic]

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Title: Charles II in the forest of Boscobel [graphic]
Alternative Title: Charles the Second in the forest of Boscobel
Creator: Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas, -1799, printmaker
Contributor: Rhodes, Richard, 1765-1838, printmaker.
Farington, Joseph, 1747-1821, artist.
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, artist.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: April 1800.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Abstract: "Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; in a thick forest, the king surrounded by three young men pointing up in agitated state, an old man kneeling grasping the monarchs hand, and a woodcutter working in the foreground, his back to the viewer."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Plate [148] 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 [148] 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 1800
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685,
Subject (Topic): Forests
Woodcutters
Subjects: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685
Forests
Woodcutters
England > London > 1800

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