Armour of Francis 1st King of France [art original]

Description

Title: Armour of Francis 1st King of France [art original]
Creator: Bell, E., artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1842]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Depiction of the suit of armor, shown in an arched niche with a pike and shield, that Horace Walpole believed to be of Francis I, King of France
Description: Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet.
Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record.
Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration.
Mounted with a wood-engraved image of the staircase at Strawberry Hill, where the suit of armor was kept.
Mounted on page 365 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Pickering & Chatto, March 1951.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 13.3 x 11.3 cm, mounted to 26 x 21 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 485 842 C76 V Copy 7
Collection Title: Page 365. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Collection Date: [London] : Smith and Robins, [1842]

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.
Citation: E. Bell, Armour of Francis 1st King of France. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.