"Representations of Henry III and Queen Eleanor, taken from a stained glass window originally in Bexhill; the king and queen shown three quarter length, under gothic tracery, wearing crowns, with architectural details behind them."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Henry IIId
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Frontispiece to: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780], v. 1., "Frontispiece to vol. I"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 176 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 : etching on laid paper ; sheet 17 x 12.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272 and Eleanor, of Provence, Queen, consort of Henry III, King of England, 1223 or 1224-1291