[Angel preventing the demon of sedition setting fire to the emblems of royalty, to commemorate the Gunpowder Plot] [graphic]

Found In:

Lewis Walpole Library > [Angel preventing the demon of sedition setting fire to the emblems of royalty, to commemorate the Gunpowder Plot] [graphic]

17355808

Description

Title: [Angel preventing the demon of sedition setting fire to the emblems of royalty, to commemorate the Gunpowder Plot] [graphic]
Creator: Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, artist.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: June 1796.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Abstract: "Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; an angel with torch grabbing the arm of a veiled figure who creeps towards a pile with crown, staff, sword, scroll and book in the right foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Plate [132] 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 [132] 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.

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.