Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of a painted glass shield that was in the window of Mr. Walpole's Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 102 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.
Subject (Name):
Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
View of the clock and the couple's initials "HA" above a love knot
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 clock with a detail of the inscription on it, was engraved for the 1842 Strawberry Hill sale catalogue., The watercolor drawing is pasted in the lower right corner of the larger sheet of the print, beneath the wood-engraved image., and With embossed ownership stamp of Thomas Mackinlay.
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
King Henry VIII leads Anne Boleyn towards the throne. A melancholy Cardinal Wolsey leans his head in his hand as he glances sideways toward the couple. In the background Katherine of Aragon sitting in another throne, turns away from the couple to converse with Anne's former lover, Lord Percy. A young page carries the train of Anne's dress as she enters the palace
Alternative Title:
Here struts old pious Harry, once the great reformer of the English church and state ...
Description:
Title from Paulson: King Henry the Eighth and Anne Bullen., Added title from the first two lines from first of the seven couplets in three columns below image., Printmaker, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., Imperfect impresson; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text and image along right side., and The subject alludes to the perceived threat to the political supremacy of Robert Walpole (here represented by Wolsey) at the accession of George II. The composition echoes the traditional iconography of the popular story of Fair Rosamond and Henry II. See O'Connell, S. The popular print in England, 1999, p. 20.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536., Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., and Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Cardinals, Castles & palaces, Ceremonial rooms, Children, Couples, Kings, Nobility, Queens, Reception rooms, and Thrones
King Henry VIII leads Anne Boleyn towards the throne. A melancholy Cardinal Wolsey leans his head in his hand as he glances sideways toward the couple. In the background Katherine of Aragon sitting in another throne, turns away from the couple to converse with Anne's former lover, Lord Percy. A young page carries the train of Anne's dress as she enters the palace
Alternative Title:
Here struts old pious Harry, once the great reformer of the English church and state ...
Description:
Title from Paulson: King Henry the Eighth and Anne Bullen., Added title from the first two lines from first of the seven couplets in three columns below image., Printmaker, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., Imperfect impresson; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text and image along right side., The subject alludes to the perceived threat to the political supremacy of Robert Walpole (here represented by Wolsey) at the accession of George II. The composition echoes the traditional iconography of the popular story of Fair Rosamond and Henry II. See O'Connell, S. The popular print in England, 1999, p. 20., Ms. note in Steevens's hand below print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit p. 167., and On page 50 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed to: 49.3 x 37.3 cm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536., Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., and Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Cardinals, Castles & palaces, Ceremonial rooms, Children, Couples, Kings, Nobility, Queens, Reception rooms, and Thrones
Plate [90] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of the wives of Henry VIII on ribbons held by an angel in clouds at top, another behind holding crown aloft."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wives of Henry VIII
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [90] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, Jane Seymour, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1509?-1537,, Catherine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, -1542,, Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536,, Anne, of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1515-1557,, and Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548,
