Drawing of the effigies of Rene of Anjou and his wife on their tombs
Alternative Title:
René of Anjou and his wife
Description:
Artist unknown., With a collection of tracings by an unidentified artist from drawings by John Rous. Horace Walpole had the drawings traced and then engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Title from ms. note on verso in Horace Walpole's hand: "René of Anjou & his wife, parents of Margaret, Queen of Henry 6th.
Subject (Name):
René I, King of Naples and Jerusalem, 1409-1480. and Isabelle, Queen, consort of René I, King of Naples and Jerusalem, -1453.
Drawing depicting the monumental brass plate to Ralph Walpole (died 1302) that was engraved by Müntz and hung by Horace Walpole in the Little Cloyster of Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Radulphi de Walpoole
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Latin text in border surrounding figure: ... Radulphi de Walpoole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentifed., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 14 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
