"Portrait of John Godsalve, half length to right, long beard, holding sword and shield, oval, coat of arms below; after John Bettes."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir John Godsalve Knight and Captum in Castris ad Boloinam, 1440
Description:
Title etched below image., After a painting by John Bettes; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1852,0612.235., Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from a more perfect impression., Mounted on page 135 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., The date "1440" in text above image has been corrected in manuscript, with "1540" written in pencil above., and For further information, consult library staff.
