Volume 1, part 1, opposite page 80. Catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of William Caxton, full-length, facing right, down on one knee; head tilted slightly upwards, hands open in front of him; wearing a black robe
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted., and Mounted opposite page 80 in volume 1, part 1 of Richard Bull's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. London : R. and J. Dodsley [etc.], 1759 [i.e. 1758].
Subject (Name):
Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492 and Lambeth Palace.
Volume 1, part 1, opposite page 70. Catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The arms of Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers; the shield has six quarterings, leopard and merman(?) supporters, and is surmounted by a man holding a curved sword
Alternative Title:
Arms of Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date of production based on death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted., Four lines of biographical information in brown ink below image, in a contemporary hand., Mounted opposite page 70 in volume 1, part 1 of Richard Bull's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. London : R. and J. Dodsley [etc.], 1759 [i.e. 1758]., and On a wash-line mount.
