"Portrait of Henry Beaufort, half-length, slightly turned to the right, his hair tonsured, a cope about his shoulders over his surplice and a galero hanging on the wall to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 175 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.7 x 13.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 1, 1791, by E. Harding, 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Beaufort, Henry, 1374-1447,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Watercolor drawing of one of four panels, formerly the doors to a shrine in the abbey of St. Edmundsbury, that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. This panel shows Henry Beaufort, whole-length, slightly turned to the right, his hair tonsured, dressed in scarlet and holding a book in his left hand. A scarlet galero and a crucifix hang from a tree in the background to the right; below them, the head of a lion that is lying behind the cardinal is visible. A building, mountains, and blue sky are seen in the distance
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Mansucript note in ink below title: This and the three drawings that follow are slight sketches of the figures on pannels in the Chapel. NB. They came from the abbey of St. Edmondsbury., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 225 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Beaufort, Henry, 1374-1447, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Plate [70] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of David Hume's 'The History of England'; King Henry standing beside the death bed of Beaufort, his left arm raised to the heavens, the Cardinal sitting up slightly towards him, his sheets wrapped tightly around him, at the foot of the bed two men watch, whispering to one another, another man crouched in front of them."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [70] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471, and Beaufort, Henry, 1374-1447,
