[Dagger of Henry VIII] [art original].

Description

Title: [Dagger of Henry VIII] [art original].
Published / Created: [approximately 1842?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Two views of the dagger believed by Horace Walpole to have been formerly owned by King Henry VIII. The first, at bottom, shows the dagger in its jeweled scabbard; the second, above, shows the dagger without the scabbard. A third image, at the top of the sheet, shows a mace, possibly the one described in the 1842 Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, day 19, lot 80 -- "A beautiful Italian steel mace, of exquisite workmanship, inlaid with gold, from the collection of M. Julienne."
Description: Title devised by curator.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Date inferred from that of the plate on which the drawing is mounted; the plate, which depicts the dagger in its scabbard, was engraved for the 1842 Strawberry Hill sale catalogue.
The watercolor drawing is pasted on the top half of the larger sheet of the print, above the wood-engraved image.
With embossed ownership stamp of Thomas Mackinlay.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 6.7 x 11 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: No linguistic content